Spousal Legacy – Intestacy – S01E02 – Battle of Wills Video Series
Adrian Corbould talks about the spousal legacy in intestacy. Intestacy is when someone dies without a valid Will.
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Multiple Clients – S01E01 – Battle of Wills Video Series
Adrian Corbould talks about taking on multiple clients in regards to contested estates. Find out what you need to know.
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Does Your Child Associate With Actors Or Gladiators? You Can Exclude Them From Your Will.* [AKA What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us?]
An ancient historical view on disinheriting children. Has a testator's reasons to disinherit children changed that much in the past 1500 years?
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Reasons to not make a Will…
You are not legally required to have a Will. But if you don't, you're leaving it up to others to determine how your estate is distributed.
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Forfeiture Rule in the News
Accredited Specialist, Adrian Corbould, discusses the Forfeiture Rule and how the Forfeiture Act can be applied to it.
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Family Provision – What is a Crisp order?
Applicants in family provision claims need to satisfy certain requirements in order to obtain an order for provision from a deceased estate. In some cases the nature of the assets or the...
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Foster Child Receives $85,684 After Successfully Contesting a Will
Foster children are eligible to contest a deceased’s will if they were wholly or partly dependent upon the deceased at any time during their life, and if they also lived...
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Unsigned Wills – When Intention is Everything
Unsigned Wills – When Intention is Everything Generally, for a Will to be valid it needs to be signed by a Willmaker (testator) in the presence of two witnesses, who...
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How must a will be executed?
Video transcript Today’s question is ‘How must a will be executed?’ This is a covered by section 6 of the Succession Act and it comprises three points. The first point is that...
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What is the minimum age for making a Will?
Video transcript Hello, Adrian Corbould, Accredited Specialist – Wills and Estates, Turnbull Hill Lawyers. Today’s question is what is the minimum age someone can make a will? Section 5 of the Succession...
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