Hi Beverley.

The short answer is yes, binding financial agreements (“BFAs”) are enforceable in the Courts. There are certain legal pre-requisites which must be met for the Financial agreements to be binding and enforceable.
Firstly, for a BFA to be binding, each party must have firstly received independent legal advice from that party’s own l…Read More

Hi Vando.
All you can do is put in the numbers that you have from the nursing home and old bank statements.
The bank cannot give you more information for privacy reasons until you are made the Administrator of the estate at which time you become the legal personal representative of the estate. An estimate is usually very acceptable. If there are…Read More

Hi MV.

The nursing home has given me some paperwork showing the details of the accommodation bond, but the bank will not give me exact information. How can I fill in the paperwork if I do not know the exact amounts?

Vando

Dear Vando,
I link to the Succession Act 2006 NSW is below:

In NSW the rules about how the estate is to be distributed can be found in Chapter4 Intestacy, but in short:
1. Spouse / domestic partner
2. Children or grandchildren of a deceased child
3. Parents
4. Brothers and sisters
5. Grandparents
6. Aunts and uncles
7. The State of NSW
You can…Read More