When you make your will, you can’t know exactly how much money you will have to distribute when you die. You might have a lot more than you do now, or you might have less. So, what happens if you make a will now leaving “$400,000 to my daughter Donna” and “$200,000 to my brother Ian” but only have $300,000 when you die? Does Donna get the lot? Unfortunately for Donna, but luckily for Ian, the answer is no. First, your executor must pay your funeral and testamentary expenses o

Can I move my children away from their other parent? Sometimes, after a separation or divorce, parents want to move to another town or city to have the support of their family or friends. Moving with your children to another town, state or country is known as relocation. If moving is going to limit the time your children can spend with a parent or another significant person in their lives, a court may not give permission to move the children away. The following is an example

No-one needs a lawyer if ex-partners can agree about how property and debts should be divided after separation. Cooroy Legal Centre solicitor Megan Girvan said parties were free to reach their own agreements about how joint property would be shared after separation and divorce. Such agreements did not even need to be written down if ex-partners trusted each other to abide by them. But what happens if parties can’t agree about what is fair? Ms Girvan said there no single formu