Hutley's Australian wills precedents / Craig Birtles, Richard Neal, Caroline Sims.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis Australia, 2021.

10th edition

200217

Australian wills precedents

Wills -- Forms -- Australia.

Wills -- Australia.

1. General considerations - estate planning; validity of will, requirements for; capacity ; concealment of will; order to produce will

2. Drafting a will using these precedents; taking instructions and structuring a will

3. Commencement and testimonium; wills for assets in foreign countries

4. Revocation clauses

5. Directions as to disposal and use of the body; enduring power of attorney; appointment of enduring guardian; directions as to undue prolongation of life

6. Deaths - simultaneous or near-simultaneous; presumption of death; order of deaths clauses; intermediate income

7. Children; adopted, surrogate and ex-nuptial children; guardianship

8. Will made in contemplation of marriage; the effect of divorce

9. Provision for spouse or partner

10. Appointment of executors

11. Payment of executors: gifts in lieu of payment; gifts to be independent of acting as executor or trustee --12. Executor's right to buy trust property

13. Solicitors to be employed by executors

14. Family provision; financial agreements - prenuptial, nuptial and postnuptial --15. Taxes and duties

16. Releases

17. Life insurance policies and superannuation

18. Gift of whole estate to executors on trust

19. Pecuniary legacies

20. Personal property

21. Shares and other interests in respect of a limited company; appointment of directors

22. Real property

23. Specific gift of property subject to mortgage or charge; Locke King's Act

24. Annuities and protective trusts

25. Trusts

26. Life interests, including occupation of matrimonial home, substitutionary provisions, apportionment and powers of appointment

27. Residuary gifts, and gifts of the whole estate

28. Gifts to charities and incorporated or unincorporated bodies

29. Powers of executors and trustees --30. Codicils

31. Attestation

32.Backing sheet

33. Contracts as to dispositions by will; mutual wills

Appendix A - Most used forms

Appendix B - Model wills.

A book for succession law practitioners who often need to find practical useable precedents with applicable commentary quite quickly. Hutley"s Australian Wills Precedents has become the essential reference work on the art of will drafting in Australia. This 10th edition continues to provide an authoritative system of precedents for practitioners supported by a full explanation of the law and the authors’ opinion as to the implications for will drafters of the relevant court decisions. It contains updated case law, legislation and commentary as well as a streamlining of precedents making for a user-friendly text. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780409351842

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