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Searson Shannon & Co. Pty Limited can assist you with:
- Wills
- Obtaining Probate
- Applications to the Court
- Testators Family Maintenance Applications
- Administering Estates
- Estate Planning
The firm offers a variety of services in this area, ranging from the preparation of a simple Power of Attorney to complex Estate administration.
You may wish to give a Power of Attorney if you are going overseas for sometime or if you anticipate an illness, in which case it would be appropriate to draft an enduring Power of Attorney.
We can assist you determining the appropriate use of the Power, its scope and limitations, if any, and attend to any registration requirements which may be relevant if the Power of Attorney is to be used for the transfer of property.
Everyone should have a Will in order to avoid the rule relating to intestacy.
Searson Shannon and Co. Pty Limited offer expert assistance in drafting Wills. These can be a simple family style Will ranging through to mutual Will agreements to more complex structures where estate planning and creation of trusts may be a feature.
About Those Will Kits
Although much is made of so called "Will Kits", in all but the most simple of matters the use of a Will Kit can often lead to disappointment among those who expected to inherit and a compromise of your wishes. Only a solicitor is competent to guide you through the intricacies of testamentary law. Those in particular need of professional legal advice are those who own property jointly or with another person or those who have children by one or more partners. At Searson Shannon and Co. Pty Limited, we can assist you in achieving your wishes whilst at the same time steering you away from common pitfalls and future litigation under the Family Provision Act.
We also offer a Probate administration service and can offer you advice as to whether a grant of Probate is actually necessary, if so, how to get a grant and how to administer the estate in accordance with the various legal requirements under the Wills and Probate Administration Act.
Finally, if you believe that you have been hard done by or left out of an expected inheritance we can offer you advice in relation to the success of a claim under the Family Provision Act.
Please call or email Searson Shannon & Co. Pty Limited to discuss your requirements today.
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