Wills & Estate Lawyers Rosebud
Planning ahead for Peninsula families
A clear will and a proper estate plan are the kindest things you can leave the people you love. From our Rosebud office on Eighth Avenue, Alpass McGuinness Legal helps families across the southern Mornington Peninsula put their affairs in order, and helps executors when the time comes to administer an estate.
Estate planning is not only for the elderly or the wealthy. Anyone with a home, a holiday property, superannuation or a blended family has decisions worth getting right. A well-made plan spares your family confusion, cost and conflict at the worst possible time.
What we prepare
- Wills. Simple and complex wills drafted to reflect your wishes, appoint the right executor, and account for assets that pass outside a will such as superannuation and jointly owned property.
- Enduring powers of attorney. Appointing someone you trust to manage your financial and legal affairs if you lose capacity, and medical treatment decision makers for your health decisions.
- Testamentary trusts. Trusts created by your will to protect assets for children, provide for a beneficiary with a disability, and deliver tax advantages.
- Probate and estate administration. Guiding executors through the grant of probate from the Supreme Court of Victoria, calling in assets, paying liabilities and distributing to beneficiaries.
When to review your will
Marriage generally revokes a will in Victoria and divorce affects gifts to a former spouse, so major life events are the moments to check. We recommend a review every few years, and after any marriage, separation, new grandchild, or significant change in your assets.
Talk to a Rosebud wills lawyer
To make or update your will, or for advice on an estate you are administering, call our Rosebud office on (03) 5986 6445 or get in touch to arrange a time.