Showing posts with label contesting a will sydney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contesting a will sydney. Show all posts

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Things You Need To Know About Property Conveyancing

property law


From childhood itself, we learn the value of owing things and it becomes an integral part of our lives. As we grow old, we try to increase our assets in order to build a future security and a comfortable lifestyle. Most of us prefer to invest in property without thorough knowledge of property law and when we grow old, we decide to transfer this property to our loved ones or even some prefer to sell it. 

The role of Sydney property conveyancing emerges, when we decide to give away our property to our loved ones. We must understand that every real estate transaction is unique and involves different elements. Contracts and other ancillary documents are drawn up on the basis of individual property and there is no such thing called default contract.

The contract of sale or transfer of property is prepared by the owner’s conveyancer or lawyer. Before getting the contract signed it is important to read all the clauses carefully, to avoid entering in an unwelcoming situation. Usually a conveyancing lawyer put all the clauses that are in the interest of the property owner. One has to be diligent during the entire conveyancing procedure, it can include verifying the title and cross checking that there are no outstanding infringement or notices.

There are cases when there is involvement of third party also with the legal interest in the property. The third party can become a reason of delays and sometimes even make a transfer go on halt.  A good conveyancing lawyer can certainly help you in this, while making the entire legal process easy and hassle free. 

Thursday, 16 November 2017

When to Convince Yourself about Contesting a Will?

You may not know, but if you are thinking about contesting a will, you need to be very serious as it could be a really stressful decision to take. Often people take this decision out of anger after they assume that they have been issued out and not offered the rights the rights that they deserved. In this situation, it becomes really important that you consider several points out of which, some are discussed in this post.

Contesting a Will

Validity of the Will

  • The first reason behind contesting a will is that you think that the will currently in question is invalid.
  • According to the experts, for a will to be valid, it has to meet certain conditions and if not, it cannot be considered a legal one.
  • The term "Conditions" include the fact that the will has to be made by the person of 18 years or above.
  • At the time of creation of the will, the person creating it should be in a sound state of mind and realise the implications of creating a will.
  • Similarly, he must not be subject to any undue influence, it must be signed by the testator and two witnesses, and neither of the witnesses can be a beneficiary.
  • In case any of these conditions does not match, the will cannot be cannot be called a legal one and as you realise this, you can immediately think about contesting a will.

Dependence on the deceased

  • The next condition is when a certain person was financially dependent on the deceased by the testator failed to make provision for them in their will.
  • In that case too, you can think about contesting a will and make a claim to the court with the reason of receiving a settlement.
  • Those entitled to make such type of inheritance claims are the partner of the deceased and any minors or mentally disabled people who were dependent on them.