Wills and Estates Lawyers
Following separation or divorce your will should be updated. Movement Legal can help with planning your estate.
What is Estate Planning?
A Will is a vital part of defining your legacy.
Estate Planning also includes putting other measures in please to manage your financial affairs, including Power of Attorney, Superanuation benefits, Enduring Guardianships and establishing Trusts.
Our Will and Estate Plan Package
Creating an Estate Plan is an important step for the well-being of your family and the management of your assets after you're gone.
A comprehensive estate plan will specify your wishes in the event of your death, outlining details such as guardians for your children, the distribution of possessions, and the designated manager of your affairs (the executor).
Whether you're designating beneficiaries, planning for business succession, or granting enduring power for medical decisions, a comprehensive estate plan benefits both you during your lifetime and your family after your passing. Beyond simply distributing assets, it provides an opportunity to take control of the legacy you want to leave behind.
Our pricing is straightforward with fixed-fee pricing with no hidden fees or complicated legal costs.
Some things to know about
Wills and Estate Planning
Why a new will is essential at separation
A new will is critical once you are separated. Until the Court grants a Divorce Order, your spouse is likely to inherit everything under either your previous Will or intestacy provisions - despite the fact you have separated. And considering that it takes at least 12 months after separation before you can apply for divorce, you want to be prepared for anything in that time period.
What is "Estate Planning"?
Estate planning, quite simply, is the proactive process of preparing for the management and distribution of your assets upon your passing.
Your will is an important component of estate planning, but it is not the entire plan. Estate planning takes a broader persepctive to also consider trusts, Powers of Attorney, guardianship decisions, advance care directives, life insurance, superannuation death benefit nominations, and burial arrangements.
Power of Attorney
A Power of Attorney is a powerful legal tool that gives another person the authority to act on your behalf, making decisions and taking actions when you're unable to do so. This could be because you are overseas, sick, or any other reason.
Enduring Guardianship
Enduring Guardianship is when an individual legally appoints someone to make decisions about their health and lifestyle in situations where they cannot make those decisions for themselves.
It becomes an element of long-term life planning, where the person has someone who can make critical decisions for their health and well-being in the unfortunate event that they become mentally or physically incapacitated to the extent that they can't make decisions for themselves.
Our Estate Planning Package
Will
A legally valid and strong will, that accurately reflects your wishes.
Executor
Appointing an executor and instructing them as to its location and steps in administering it.
Power of Attorney
Placing someone you trust to act on your behalf when you cannot.
Enduring Guardianship
Electing someone you trust to make medical decisions in the event you lose capcity.
Why choose Movement Legal?
Clear legal advice
We communicate and offer advice in simple, understandable terms.
Swift Resolution
Our focus is on achieving outcomes, and promptly resolving your matter
Strategic Representation
We deliver clear strategies to advance and resolve your case.
Dedicated Advocacy
We assert your rights through mediation, negotiation, and in court.
