by Reception | Aug 6, 2018 | Contesting A Will
How does the court approach the question of mental incapacity, and at what stage does it mean that a will is declared invalid due to mental incapacity? In Power v Smart (2018) WASC 168, the daughters of the late Mrs Okle, who had dementia and severely impaired vision...
by Reception | Apr 27, 2018 | Estate Planning
A will signed by Harper Lee eight days before her death has been unsealed by an Alabama court, after the New York Times filed a lawsuit arguing that the document should be a matter of public record. The will, written just before death at the age of 89 put most of her...
by Reception | Feb 23, 2018 | Estate Planning
Do you have the freedom to exercise total testamentary freedom when you write your will? You do have some freedom, but you also have a moral obligation imposed on you by the law. In each of the states of Australia, the law casts a moral obligation upon a will maker to...
