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Title: Guide for wills: making a will and appointing an executor (Public Trustee)
About: Information from the Public trustee about wills, who can contest a will, updating your will, appointing an executor, where to keep your will and the role of the Public Trustee.
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Title: Wills and executors: Public Trustee
About: Available in Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Filipino, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese
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Title: What about me? Your pets and your will
About: Discusses options such as legacies to friends, family or legacy programs, pet euthanasia, and trusts.
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Title: Rest assured: a legal guide to wills, estates and funerals 4th edition - see notes on 2007 changes
About: Legal processes surrounding death, creation of wills, changing, revoking, or challenging a will, power of attorney, rights of creditors and beneficiaries to a will, funeral expenses, burial, death certificates, legal fees. Includes some sample wills and other documents.
For changes to legislation in chapters 1 and 2, see the Succession Act 2006 (commenced March 2008) and the Wills, Probate and Administration Act, now called the Probate and Administration Act 1898 at www.legislation.nsw.gov.au
Important changes to Public Health Regulations (NSW) in 2002 should be taken into account when using this book. New Regulations available at www.legislation.nsw.gov.au
Author: Rosemary Long and Trudy Coffey
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Wills estates and funerals Chapter 45: The law handbook 11th edition
About: Includes information about making wills, estates, probate, intestacy rules, compensation to relatives, lawyers costs, Public Trustee, funerals and burial, coroner's cases, the Coroner's Court
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Elder law in Australia
About: All areas of law regarding older Australians including deceased estates, negligence, elders in society, elder abuse (financial and competence contexts), confidentiality and discrimination issues, age and disability discrimination, retirement village living, delegated decision making, and challenges to wills and estates.
Author: Lewis, Rodney
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Learn more about family trusts: ownership of assets by individuals, partnerships, companies and trusts. 2nd ed
About: Aspects of family trusts and other legal structures; ownership of assets; holding assets in superannuation, and planning for retirement.
Author: Renton, N. E.
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: College of Law Practice Papers online
About: Accounting, advocacy, civil litigation, commercial law, conveyancing, criminal law, family law, lawyers professional responsibility, taxation, wills and probate. Online (For onsite clients only).
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Redfern Legal Centre's lawyers practice manual
About: Information about lawyer/client relationship, criminal law, including bail and pleamaking, defending in committal proceedings, drink driving, drugs and shoplifting, street offences such as swearing, prostitution and trespass. Also covers family law, accidents and compensation including workers compensation, tenancy, dividing fences, retirement villages, consumer law, social security, disability law, credit and debt, wills and estates, administrative law, immigration law, employment, discrimination and human rights, veteran's affairs and intellectual property. Location number LIAC/N349.944/6A.
Author: Rees, Neil
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Succession law and practice NSW
About: Covers will, probate, intestacy, estate administration, contested and uncontested grants of administration, family provision, costs and fees. - print version at Ref/N346.944054/1 and online (For onsite clients only)
Author: Keith Mason and Leslie Handler
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Wills in practice
About: Covers will drafting, obtaining grants of probate, administration of estates, challenging wills and other legal remedies, intestacy as well as charitable gifts. Location number Ref/N346.944054/6
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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