Elder Law
With an increasing number of seniors in Australia, our senior Clients require services that take into account their complex social, medical and economic circumstances. Our senior Clients, like our minor Clients, need additional legal safeguards to ensure their respect and to minimise the risk of any type of disadvantage or abuse.
Our team will do their utmost to ensure that our senior Clients rights are respected and protected.
We are able to assist with the following:
- Powers of Attorney
- Guardianship appointments
- Advance medical directives
- Wills
- Retirement Village agreements
- Home care agreements
Family law and De Facto relationships
Marriage, defined in section 5(1) of the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth), means “the union of two (2)
people to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life”.
A person is in a De Facto relationship, defined in section 4AA(1) of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), with another person if “the persons are not legally married to each other, the persons are not related by family, and having regards to all the circumstances of their relationship, they have a relationship as a couple living together on a genuine domestic basis”.
Both Married couples (including same sex couples) and De Facto couples (including same sex couples) share common rights and obligations that arise from their relationship with their respective partners.
Due to many complex reasons/circumstances relationships undergo change, stress and breakdown. When these happen action needs to be to taken in relation to your property and/or to your children.
We are able to assist our Clients with the following:
- Separation & Divorce
- Children & Parenting
- Property Settlement
- Mediation services
Public Notary Services
As many of our Clients have family members and businesses overseas, we pleased to be able to service their Public Notary needs.
With respect to all types of documents intended to be used in another Country.
Our Public Notary is able to perform the following services for our Clients:
- Administer Oaths
- Administer Statutory Declarations
- Witness documents
- Authenticate documents
Wills, Probate & Estate matters
Three interrelated areas of the law deal with your property, in the widest meaning of the word, after your death. The key word being “after” your death. Any asset that is co-owned as “joint tenants” does not part of your Estate and is not included in your Will.
A Will is a document that contains the testamentary intentions of the deceased. It is recommended that every adult should have a valid Will. During your face to face appointment, after listening to your wishes, we discuss how we can prepare you Will so as to meet your needs and take into account your religious and/or cultural requirements.
We explain that you must properly consider the whole pool of assets and all persons you should consider in your Will. All there persons are called “eligible persons” and are able to make a claim against your Estate. These Estate disputes reduce the amount of the Estate and care is needed to reduce the risk of claims by eligible persons.
Probate is an order of the Supreme Court of NSW that confirms that your Will is valid and that the executor you have appointed in your Will has the rights and obligations under the law to properly distribute your Estate in accordance with your wishes in your Will. This is what is meant by a “sealed
grant of Probate”.
We are able to assist if you are:
- The Testator
- The Executor
- A Beneficiary
- An Eligible Person
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- PO Box 168 Auburn NSW 1835
Commercial Dispute Resolution
We provide commercial dispute resolution services to that offer better solutions to our Clients. This
brings the benefits of certainty, reduced costs and personal stress of traditional Court litigation.
However should Court litigation becomes unavoidable, we protect our Clients’ interests and provide
them with options to enable them to decide which option is best for them.
Ours areas of Commercial dispute resolution practice include:
Contract / Insurance / Superannuation disputes
Property disputes
Leases and licence disputes
Breaches of Corporations Law and Directors duties
Partnership and Joint Venture disputes