Wills, Trusts & Probate Lawyers

Planning for the future can provide greater certainty for you and your family. Our Wills and Estates Lawyers Belrose assist clients with Wills, trusts, Powers of Attorney, Enduring Guardianships and other estate planning matters.

Emmerson & Emmerson Solicitors can help you put appropriate legal arrangements in place to document your wishes, protect your interests and provide clear instructions for those responsible for managing your affairs.

How Our Wills and Estates Lawyers Belrose Can Help

Wills

We can assist with preparing and reviewing Wills to ensure your wishes are clearly documented and your estate can be distributed according to your intentions.

 Trusts & Testamentary Trusts

We can provide advice regarding trusts and testamentary trusts and whether these arrangements may be appropriate for your circumstances and estate planning objectives.

Estate Planning

Effective estate planning can involve more than preparing a Will. We can help you consider the legal arrangements needed to protect your interests and provide greater certainty for your family.

Power of Attorney

A Power of Attorney allows you to appoint someone to act on your behalf in relation to certain financial and legal matters. We can explain the options available and prepare the appropriate documentation.

Enduring Guardianship

We can assist with Enduring Guardianship arrangements and explain how they can form part of your broader estate planning.

Probate & Estate Matters

When a loved one passes away, we can assist executors and families with probate and related estate matters, including the legal processes required to administer a deceased estate.

Experienced Wills & Estate Lawyers in Belrose

Emmerson & Emmerson Solicitors has extensive experience assisting individuals and families with Wills, trusts, probate and estate planning matters.

We provide clear and practical legal advice tailored to your circumstances, helping you understand your options and put appropriate arrangements in place for the future.

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Need Help With a Will, Trust or Estate Plan?

If you need assistance with a Will, trust, Power of Attorney, Enduring Guardianship, probate or estate planning, contact Emmerson & Emmerson Solicitors to discuss your requirements.

Frequently Asked Questions

You are not required to use a lawyer to make a Will, but obtaining legal advice can help ensure your Will properly records your wishes and meets the necessary legal requirements. A lawyer can also identify estate planning issues that may need to be considered.

A Will generally sets out how you want your estate distributed after your death and identifies the person or people you wish to appoint as executors. Your individual circumstances, assets, beneficiaries and family arrangements may affect what should be included.

If someone dies without a valid Will, they are considered to have died intestate. Their estate is then distributed according to the intestacy rules in NSW rather than according to instructions contained in a Will.

A testamentary trust is a trust established through a Will and takes effect after death. Whether a testamentary trust is appropriate will depend on your personal circumstances, beneficiaries, assets and estate planning objectives. We can advise whether one should be considered as part of your Will.

A Power of Attorney generally allows another person to make certain financial and legal decisions on your behalf. An Enduring Guardian can be appointed to make certain personal, lifestyle and healthcare decisions if you lose the capacity to make those decisions yourself.

 

It is sensible to review your Will when your personal or financial circumstances change. Events such as marriage, separation, divorce, having children, changes to your assets or changes involving executors or beneficiaries may mean your existing Will should be reviewed.

 

Probate is the legal process through which the Supreme Court of NSW formally recognises a Will and confirms an executor’s authority to administer the estate. Whether probate is required will depend on the assets and circumstances of the deceased estate.

Emmerson & Emmerson Solicitors provides Wills, trusts, probate and estate planning services from its Belrose office. We assist clients with Wills, Powers of Attorney, Enduring Guardianships, trusts, probate and related estate matters.