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Can an interpreter benefit under a will?

Posted on 22 Sep 2014 by BHS Legal

Interpreters, translators and will-making

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Interpreters provide valuable services.  Non-English speaking people or people who don’t have English as a first language may need the services of an interpreter or translator to help them understand in their language aspects of the will-making process.  More →

Posted in Interpreter-translator, Will-making, Wills | Tagged interpreter, QLD, Queensland, translator, will
NSW Law Society

Appointed executor?

The Law Society of New South Wales has outlined the role of being an executor - CLICK HERE.  
Don't wish to act as an executor? Read more on renouncing, resigning including links to forms HERE.
 

Find a lawyer

To find a legal practitioner in your state or territory providing legal services in wills and estates, contact your state or territory's law society to search their FIND A LAWYER Database. Links are listed under Law Societies HERE.

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Meaning of Issue

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"Issue" is a legal term meaning all descendants, including children, click the graphic to read more.

Distribution per stirpes

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Per stirpes and per capita describe two ways of distributing a deceased person's property to their descendants. Click the graphic to read more.

Recent Articles

  • Who can oppose a grant of probate? 7 Oct 2019
  • Early inheritance issues and family provision 13 Feb 2019
  • Missing or lost original will – can a copy be used? 4 Feb 2019

Wills & Intestacy Legislation

  • Succession Act 1981 (QLD)
  • Succession Act 2006 (NSW)
  • Wills Act 1936 (SA)
  • Wills Act 1968 (ACT)
  • Wills Act 1970 (WA)
  • Wills Act 1997 (VIC)
  • Wills Act 2000 (NT)
  • Wills Act 2008 (TAS)

Family Provision Statutes

  • Administration & Probate Act 1958 (VIC)
  • Family Provision Act (NT)
  • Family Provision Act 1969 (ACT)
  • Family Provision Act 1972 (WA)
  • Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1972 (SA)
  • Succession Act 1981 (QLD)
  • Succession Act 2006 (NSW)
  • Testator's Family Maintenance Act 1912 (TAS)

About wills

What is a will?
Who can make a will
Making a valid will
Witnessing a will
What can be given in a will?

Distribution per capita

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Per capita distribution is a method of distributing a deceased estate - click the graphic to read more.

Co-owning property

property ownership, joint tenancy, joint tenants, tenants in common, How you co-own property affects succession, inheritance and will-making. Read more here.

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Whole blood relations: two common ancestors.

Half-blood relations: one common ancestor.

Related by affinity: is related by marriage.

Consanguinity: is related by blood.

What is succession law?

Succession law contains the legal rules and principles regulating the transfer of a person’s property when they die to those entitled to inherit, either under the person's will, or by the statutory rules of intestacy, if they left no will.
Depending on the circumstances, a variety of other interconnected areas of law may apply.

Quotes

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The origins of wills

"Solon was the first legislator who introduced wills into Athens; but in many other parts of Greece they were totally discountenanced. In Rome they were unknown, 'till the laws of the Twelve Tables were compiled, which first gave the right of bequeathing;"
Sir William Blackstone,
Commentaries on the Laws of England, citation here.
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  • Signing a will, having it witnessed - who can be a witness & what is required?
  • Who can see the will of a deceased person & can you obtain a copy?
  • Renouncing executorship and probate - when an executor does not wish to act

Recent articles

  • Who can oppose a grant of probate?
  • Early inheritance issues and family provision

Looking for a lawyer?

Click these links to search in your state/territory:
NSW –Find a lawyer-NSW Law Society
VIC – Find a lawyer referral service-Law Institute Victoria
QLD – Find a solicitor-Queensland Law Society
SA – Legal Referral Service-Law Society of SA
TAS – Find a lawyer-Law Society of Tasmania
WA – Find a Lawyer-WA Law Society
NT – Legal Referral Service-NT Law Society
ACT – Find a lawyer-The ACT Law Society
AUST – Find a Member-The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

Family Provision Statutes

  • Administration & Probate Act 1958 (VIC)
  • Family Provision Act (NT)
  • Family Provision Act 1969 (ACT)
  • Family Provision Act 1972 (WA)
  • Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1972 (SA)
  • Succession Act 1981 (QLD)
  • Succession Act 2006 (NSW)
  • Testator's Family Maintenance Act 1912 (TAS)

Historic Australian Courthouses

Appreciating old Australian courthouse buildings is an ongoing quest to explore their diversity in form and as places used for the administration of justice. Click here to view the Courthouse Gallery so far. Short articles on historical aspects of each courthouse, both legal and non-legal are gradually being written and published here.  

Deniliquin Courthouse, NSW. Click to view gallery.

Appointed executor?

Find an overview of being an executor here by the Law Society of New South Wales, and a summary of the process of distributing a deceased estate here, from LawAccess NSW, the Department of Justice, NSW Government.  If you don't wish to act you can renounce or resign; read about renouncing probate or executorship and links to forms here.

Information on elder abuse

QLD – Elder Abuse Prevention Unit: https://www.eapu.com.au/.
NSW – Elder Abuse Helpline: http://www.elderabusehelpline.com.au/
Seniors Rights Service: http://seniorsrightsservice.org.au/
VIC – Seniors Rights Victoria: https://seniorsrights.org.au/
SA – Aged Rights Advocacy Service: http://www.sa.agedrights.asn.au/
TAS – Elder Abuse Helpline: http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/
WA – Elder Abuse Helpline: https://www.advocare.org.au/
ACT – Elder Abuse Prevention: https://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/wac/seniors/elder-abuse
NT – COTA for Senior Territorians: http://www.cotant.org.au/information/

About WillsHub – by BHS Legal

WillsHub is an Australian law site on succession law in Australia, published by BHS Legal, an incorporated legal practice.  It seeks to draw together legal information on the law on wills, deceased estates, intestacy, family provision and estate administration - collectively known as succession or inheritance law.

Author

Articles are written by lawyer Bronwyn Stead, principal of BHS Legal, admitted to practise in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and in the High Court of Australia, member of the NSW Law Society and The Tax Institute, and formerly a medical research scientist.

NSW Law Society

Important Notice

WillsHub is intended for general information and interest only on Australian succession and inheritance law. It is not legal advice nor should it be relied upon as such. Everyone's situation is unique, despite apparent similarities with others. Readers should seek their own professional advice specific to their circumstances and rely on that. Please read the Terms of Use.

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