Wills and Powers of Attorney
The legal team at DSC Lawyers have more than substantial experience in advising on and preparing wills and powers of attorney for their clients. For many clients, it is also necessary for a complete estate planning service to be provided in order to ensure that their assets are distributed in accordance with their wishes.
Everyone should have a will that has been properly drafted by lawyers with a wealth of experience in the field of law. It is also prudent and advisable for many clients to have enduring, financial and medical powers of attorney in order that their affairs, including their financial and medical affairs, can be handled by someone that they trust should they become incapable of personally managing those affairs.
DSC Lawyers offers a complete service for all matters relating to wills and powers of attorney including:
- Drafting wills and codicils
- Accepting appointments as trustees and executors under wills
- Drafting enduring, financial and medical powers of attorney
- Accepting appointments as to act as attorneys under powers of attorney
- Estate planning services and advice
- Various trusts including testamentary trusts
- Minimising taxation for your intended beneficiaries
- Succession planning for companies and businesses
- Superannuation and binding nominations
- Contested Estates and litigation and disputes in any way related to wills and powers of attorney
It is never too early to put in place your will and powers of attorney. The legal team at DSC Lawyers can provide all the advice that you need in order to best ensure that your wishes are carried out and to give you peace of mind that your will and powers of attorney have been prepared by lawyers with a wealth of experience.
Legal Articles
- Enduring Powers of Guardianship
- Enduring Medical Treatment Powers of Attorney
- Enduring Financial Powers of Attorney
- General Powers of Attorney
Links
- Department of Justice: Victorian Government website that contains useful information including information in relation to guardianship and powers of attorney
- Supreme Court of Victoria: Website of the Court in which applications for probate and letters of administration are made and that determines the majority of disputes related to wills and deceased estates in Victoria
- Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal: Website of the Tribunal that determines the majority of disputes related to guardianship and administration in Victoria
