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Misuse of Enduring Power of Attorney Documents

After Death Care, Death Chats, Dream Dead Person Project, Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning

An Enduring Power of Attorney (EPOA) is a legal document under which a person (the principal) appoints someone else (the attorney) to make financial and legal decisions on their behalf. An attorney may be authorised to operate bank accounts, pay expenses, manage investments, sign documents, and buy or sell property, depending on how the document is drafted. Powers of attorney can be exercised from the date the document is signed, and critically, continue to operate

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Someone died. What do I do?

After Death Care, Death Chats, Dream Dead Person Project, Estate Administration

You’ve been named the executor in someone’s will or you’re the next of kin, but you’ve never been in this position before, and you have absolutely no idea what to do after someone has died. Welcome to the club you didn’t want to be a member of. The Grief Club. Let me start by saying that where you are right now is intense. You don’t usually get a heads-up that you’re about to step into

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Do You Have Grounds For An Inadequate Family Provision Claim?

After Death Care, Business Estate Planning, Death Chats, Dream Dead Person Project, Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning

Lately, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about cuckoos. Not the clock kind. The bird kind. And the humans who embody the very same traits. Depending on how you feel about audacity, the common cuckoo is either one of nature’s most impressive operators or its most shameless freeloader. What it lacks in brightly coloured plumage, it makes up for in deviousness. It lays its eggs in another bird’s nest, where the host bird raises the

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Do You Mean “No Funeral” or “Not That Kind Of Funeral”?

After Death Care, Business Estate Planning, Death Chats, Estate Administration, Estate Planning

There’s a moment that happens in nearly every estate planning meeting. We’ve worked through the assets, we’ve talked about the children, we’ve back-and-forthed over who will be the executor, we’ve divided up the Die Pie, and then we get to the bit about what we’re going to do with your body when you’re no longer in need of it. For some people, this is the easiest part of our conversation; they know exactly who, what

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