• you leave everything to your spouse or partner, if he or she survives you.
• If not, then that you leave everything divided into equal shares, to all of your children who survive you.

• You can make a wide range of provisions and select from many options.
• It will make sure that your property goes to the people who you want it to go to after you die.
• It will save your family from much trouble, expense and wasted time.

• A living will is sometimes called an advance care directive. The two names are interchangeable and are names for essentially the same thing.
• These documents are called living wills because, unlike ordinary wills, they provide for events that occur while you are still alive. A normal will only applies after you die.
• The name "advance care directive" is given because it is a written record of your wishes, made in advance of your suffering ill health or an injury, in which you give a direction about the care that you wish, or do not wish, to receive.

Yes, below is a sample Standard Will showing some of the options.

Anyone who is at least 18 years old can make a will.

The LawOnline system may not be used to make a will for a person who has not reached 18 years of age at the time that the will is made.

A person who is under 18, in some States of Australia, may make a will if he or she is, or has been married, or is about to be married. Each State and Territory in Australia has its own law on this issue.

If you die without leaving a will, you are said to have died "intestate". In that case, the law specifies how your property will be distributed. This will usually be to a surviving spouse or partner and your immediate family, or to close relatives, in set proportions.

This may not be what you would have wished or what your family wants, and it could involve them and your estate in the cost and effort of making a claim in court. If there are no relatives who are in the categories listed in the law, then your estate goes to the State.

Your lawyer or a family member can still administer your estate if you have not made a will, but only according to the law. It is usually much more expensive and time consuming to do this, than it would have been if you had left a valid will.

Even if you don't own much property, it is wise to have a will. Probably the best reason to have a will is to save your family some of the trouble and expense that occurs when a person dies without leaving a will. It can add considerably to the time, expense and trouble that is involved in tidying up the affairs of a person who dies, if the person dies without leaving a will.

You should make a will when you marry or enter into a civil union or a de facto relationship. When you have children, it is especially important to have a will.

Because of the importance of your will, the law says it must be made in a prescribed manner. The LawOnline system ensures that you will make a valid will, as long as you carefully follow all of the advice that you are given by the LawOnline system and carefully follow all of the steps that you are advised to take.

You and 2 witnesses will need to sign the will, all in each other’s presence.

For each will, there can only be one person whose will is being made. Two people cannot make a single will together. They must each make separate wills.

• It will be sent to you by email in a matter of seconds, immediately after you pay the fee and click the email button.
• You will be able to download it again from your dashboard as often as you like and you will be able to email it to yourself or to someone else, as often as you like.

• It is free for you to edit your document for a year, as many times as you like. You won't be able to change the name of the person who has made a will, or the name of a trust, if you have purchased a trust. However, everything else is freely changeable, as many times as you like for a year.
• After you have logged in you will see your name on the top menu. If you click on your name, you will see a link to your dashboard.
• Just select the edit button that you will find on your dashboard, next to the link to the document that you want to edit.

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• Your documents are kept for at least 7 years and any signed original documents that we may be keeping for you will be kept indefinitely.
• In the unlikely event that the LawOnline business failed, the Law Society has a statutory power to ensure that your documents are protected.

The Lawyers at LawOnline have carefully prepared the documents that you will find on the LawOnline site, to ensure that you will prepare a fully legal and normal legal document. You also have the benefit of all of the legal advice that is made available to you on this website. It is just as safe as visiting a lawyer personally, but is a great deal more convenient to access and is often considerably cheaper.