If you die without a will in place,your assets will be divvied up by the government – which can produce some unintended outcomes.
Outgoing Redland City Mayor Karen Williams has settled a legal dispute over a late resident’s $486,000 estate.
You may not be able to prevent it entirely,but there are many things you can do when drawing up a will to make contesting it difficult.
A once-close Italian clan,a luxury jewellery brand – and a nasty legal battle.
When drawing up a will,it’s worth considering the impact it will have on your partner’s pension.
Six banks,including the big four,have been continuing to charge customers’ accounts after being notified of their deaths,according to the Banking Code Compliance Committee.
While in a black-and-white,emotionless setting,some solutions can be fairly straightforward,the challenge comes in the complexity of us as individuals.
Every year,millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency vanish,locked away forever because the people who hold them pass away.
If your partner was the primary holder of your credit card,make sure you have a plan in place for when they pass away.
It’s important to keep capital gains and losses in consideration when estate planning.
Where a person has an option to take long-service leave as regular payments,a good option is to stretch it out for as long as possible,say by taking half-pay,before starting to access your super.