Often a person making a financial power of attorney appoints two or more persons to act jointly.

VCAT has power in some circumstances to make an order that a person be represented by another person. It can make either an administration order

Leaving gifts to children in Wills – something quirky: In Victoria if you leave a share of your estate to a child, and say nothing

At a recent Wills session for the Salvation Army we were asked on a couple of occasions whether changing address invalidates a Will. It does

Family agreements, or more colloquially ‘granny flat agreements’ are predicted to become a more and more important part of the aged care landscape in the

There was a recent article in the Age newspaper about some of the legal consequences of getting into and out of retirement villages. A spokesman

The law relating to Wills, and estate administration, is State based. Each State has its own legislation. Although there are many similarities between the States’

There was an article about financial abuse of elders in the Age on 1st April. Unfortunately, this was just one of several similar stories published

Section 125D of the Instruments Act provides as follows: “Requirement to keep records An attorney under an enduring power of attorney must keep and preserve

Tim Colebatch recently wrote an article in the Age about our ageingpopulation and the future costs to the community of that process.The article was full

The capacity of a person, especially an older person, to execute legal documents is an important and quite complex topic for lawyers. If a Will,

This firm strongly recommends the use of aged care placement agencies. What are they? They are firms which specialise in placing people into appropriate aged

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