What Happens On Death
What happens to a person’s assets when they die? In most cases there is a formal process that must be completed before any Estate asset...
11 Dec
Trust, Wills, Estates and Enduring Powers of Attorney
11 Dec
Advance Health Care Directives
There are different ways in which you can influence now the decisions that will be made in respect of your health care in the future – ...
11 Dec
Guide For Overseas – Based Individuals Making A Will For Assets In New Zealand
The aim of this article is to provide a guide for making a Will and the procedure of estate administration when the deceased is domicil...
11 Dec
A Guide To Enduring Powers Of Attorney
Have you considered who will attend to your property, assets and welfare if you become mentally incapacitated and you are unable to tak...
11 Dec
Enduring Powers Of Attorney
Have you considered who will attend to your property, assets and welfare if you become mentally incapacitated and you are unable to tak...
11 Dec
What Happens If You Don’t Have An Enduring Power Of Attorney?
The Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1998 (often referred to as the “PPPR Act”) provides legal means to assist people who...
11 Dec
Trusts And Estates – Delegating By Power Of Attorney
Who can be an attorney?
Trusts
A trustee may, in limited circumstances only, delegate his or her powers, authorities and discretions ...
10 Dec
The Duties, Office And Powers Of A Trustee
The New Zealand Law Commission is currently reviewing the law of Trusts in New Zealand. An issues paper released by the Law Commission ...
10 Dec
Distributions From Discretionary Trusts
August 2011 Modern Discretionary Family Trusts usually provide that the trustees can pay both income and capital to the beneficiarie...
10 Dec
Trust Administration Checklist
This checklist is put together by:
Tony Fortune, a partner specialising in Trust matters at Fortune Manning Michael Humphries, char...