Wills

It’s never too late to start your estate planning or develop a will. The decisions you make today will make matters easier in future—saving you tax, saving on probate and estate taxes, making it easy on your heirs and avoiding nasty family rifts.

To protect everyone’s interests, and to make sure your hard-earned estate is protected, you want high-quality advice, attention to detail and quality legal representation. And you want matters explained in plain English so you’re well-equipped to make the right decisions.

Kamy Saeedi Lawyers is also expert at helping if you need to dispute a will or estate matter. While never a pleasant legal matter, it’s comforting to know you will be well represented by lawyers who are expert at helping you work through the maze. We always aim to resolve these disputes without formal legal proceedings, striving to settle before or at mediation.

Regardless of whether you are setting up your first will, updating it, or executing a will or any other estate matter, Kamy Saeedi Lawyers works towards timely resolution, minimising emotional and financial costs. With us you get personal, professional and cost-effective wills, probates and estates service.

Our areas of expertise include:

Estate planning Guardianship and administration
Making a will Estate administrations
Disputing a will Probate
Power of Attorney

Tips

  1. Start earlier—when planning your will and estate matters age isn’t the only indicator of life expectancy; accidents and illnesses can be also.
  2. Remember that family structures, relationships and emotional ties change over time, so keep your will and estate matters up-to-date (we recommend you review every year).
  3. Think about developing a plan, with legal advice, that is easy to administer, will lower taxes payable on your estate and enable your heirs to benefit the most from your estate.
  4. Decide on a power of attorney, confirming that this person is willing and able to act on your behalf.

Getting the most out of your legal experience

Before you visit us, think about how you want your estate distributed—family, friends, charities etc.

Take time to consider who should be the executor of your will and if you want two executors—we can advise you on this during our meeting.

Make a detailed list of your assets before you arrive (including any overseas assets) and include bank accounts, shares, real estate and other assets you own (including items of personal significance).

Start to think about matters relating to your children. For example, who do you want to be guardian of your minor children? Do you want to create trusts for your minor children?

Think about how you want your body disposed of. Do you have any special requests? Do you, for example, want to be an organ donor?