You can get one from Slater and Gordon free

Slater and Gordon Will

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Picked this up on
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/

Nope... Still fat as and smoking

Oh god, what have you heard about my health? Do I want to know?






















Pen wanders away checking her heart beat.......

He obviously knows you know my secret identity.. And I have to kill you...

Sorry about that... No hard feelings eh?

"We must sort out a will"

It's been one of those me and Hev's always say and then next minute completely forget about it.

Well I've started mine.

Sorry Pen, but you better get a shift on it's not looking good .

Nope, have nothing of value worth leaving anyone! If the husband and I go together my family and friends can pick over my crap and take what they like

Thanks, good lnks.

There are a few other things beside a will that may be worthwhile thinking about:

A living will - the way that you want to be treated by the medical staff if you are seriously and probably terminally ill, this is not yet covered by NSW legislation but the following one seems to accepted by most hospitals and doctors:

http://www.doyourproxy.org/livingwill1.php - you don't need a solicitor for this, just fill it out and keep it in a safe place known to your relatives/carers.

Enduring Power of Attorney - you can get this form from most decent stationery shops, might even be able to download it from the net. Fill it in but don't sign it yet, make an appointment at your local Magistrate's Court, they can witness it for you.

Guardianship - this appoints someone to look after you if you become incapable of caring for yourself and making decisions. The Public Trustee of NSW or whatever state will handle this one for you, usually free, they also provide free wills provided that you appoint them as trustee, they have a lot of powers that enable speedy completion of your will once you go.

Cheers for this. I've just done my UK will, I'm assuming its perfectly legal to have a UK and Australian will as many people seem to have done this once they've moved here. Just a little concerned with the 'revokes all previous wills' in their sample will and whether it now knocks out the UK will I have just done. Info will still be the same, I believe I'd need to have 2 wills so each one covers the assets in that country?

I had a look at the Slater Gordon Will and it asked about assets outside of Australia so presumably the Australian will would cover your UK assets.

I believe so. It would really have to cover all assets... otherwise you'd need a will for each country that you own assets in.

But perhaps a legal eagle will come along and confirm this.

Do we have any BE legal eagles? We've got a surplus of property experts, but legal gurus are thin on the ground.