Guardianship
Having a baby brings loads of new responsibilities. One of these is to make sure that in the event of your untimely death, your children are now considered in your will. Equally important is to ensure you have nominated a testamentary guardian.
What is a Legal Executive?
A Legal Executive is a person who works as a trained assistant to a lawyer in a legal environment and belongs to the New Zealand Institute of Legal Executives. A Registered Legal Executive is one who is registered with the Institute and is a member of the Institute.
Kiwisaver - what happens to it when you die?
We have had a number of clients contact us following a recent newspaper article, concerned that if they die their estate will not be able to get their Kiwisaver.
Family Trusts
Purchasing a new home is an excellent time to consider forming a Family Trust. You can form a Trust at any time, but the purchase of a home is a cost-effective time to form a Trust, because the legal and bank requirements can be completed with the purchase of the house.
A Trust is created by Deed which sets out its powers and places obligations and responsibilities on its Trustees.Trusts can provide you with flexibility for the benefit of your family and protecting your assets.
Funerals
According to some sources, the cost of a funeral is one of the three or four most expensive consumer purchases. Funerals can cost upwards of $12000.
They definitely don’t have to be so expensive, and there’s no reason (other than stubborn sentimentalism) to believe that paying so much for a funeral is somehow a sign of love for the departed.
Thinking ahead about your funeral is not something very many people do, and even less think about how they are going to pay for it.
