Are you aware of what happens to your will when you get married? Are you sure about what happens to your will if a marriage ends in divorce? As with so many things in the law surrounding grants of...Read More
How long will it take to unlock estate assets? - A timeline for probates, letters of administration, and reseals A common complaint we hear is how long it takes for people to receive their...Read More
Travel and living arrangements between New Zealand and the United Kingdom have become more popular over the years (we lawyers are a part of that statistic, particularly prone to spending time in...Read More
Applying for probate of a will is often more complex than expected. An issue that comes up in our applications, time and time again, is where something has happened to the will while it was the...Read More
Since trans-Tasman travel and living arrangements have become so common in recent years, more and more people are finding that, when a loved one dies, some of their assets are "over the ditch"....Read More
If you have read any of my articles on probates and letters of administration or indeed any documents describing them, you may have noticed that two important people are mentioned often: the...Read More
In our recent article about applications for letters of administration de bonis non (which you can read here), we talked about who is entitled to apply to run the estate. Letters of...Read More
Under normal circumstances, each one of us is the only person who can deal with our assets. Our house, our bank accounts, our insurance policies – you’ll have all had the experience of...Read More