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I have written previously about the solicitor’s duties to an elderly client regarding assessing capacity when taking instructions to make a new Will. When a solicitor is concerned that their client has suspect capacity, they are duty bound to obtain …
For various reasons, sometimes a person instructs a solicitor to draft a Will on their behalf, but the document is never signed by the client. So, what happens when the wheels are in motion, but the document has not been …
……the restrictions under the Public Health Order posed significant obstacles to the signing, witnessing and attestation of documents such as Wills, Powers of Attorney, Appointments of Enduring Guardians, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations, all of which are fundamental to our legal
There has been a high level of concern in the Legal Profession about the ability of lawyers to assist clients with their estate planning and appointment of alternate decision makers, in the context of the current social distancing restrictions. Currently, …
The NSW Court of Appeal recently handed down its decision in the appeal matter of Squire v Squire [2019] NSWCA 90. This case involved a family provision claim against the estate by the children of the deceased.
Richard Squire had …
TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY
RYAN v DALTON [2017] NSWSC 1007
Kunc J – 31 July 2017
The Proceedings
This was a contested probate suit between the deceased’s 3 children and his long time defacto spouse. The children succeeded in knocking out the …
Some people think that the process of having a lawyer draft their will is an expensive and unnecessary exercise and instead write an informal will, not knowing the potential implications for their beneficiaries.
At the Law Office of Conrad Curry …
The term testamentary capacity is often used but rarely understood. Most would think that a Will would not be valid if the will maker was suffering a disorder of the mind or was suffering an insane delusion about certain matters …
