Will and Estate Lawyers Australia

A guardian is the person who makes the long term decisions about a child’s care, welfare and development when a parent is no longer there to make them. In Queensland, a parent can name that person in their will. Most people call that person a legal guardian. The term used in the will is testamentary guardian, and the appointment is made under...

Being left out of a will is not the end of the matter in Queensland. Part 4 of the Succession Act 1981 (Qld) lets a spouse, a child or a narrow class of dependants ask a court to order provision out of an estate, even where the will leaves them nothing at all. The application has to be filed within nine months of the date of death, and that limit is applied strictly....