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Basic Will |
Standard Will |
Suitability |
This is for you if you are married, or in a permanent relationship, and have children. This form of will provides that 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, payable when they reach 21 years. |
This option allows you to make any legal provision that you wish to. It enables you to leave specific items or sums of money to individuals or charities. It also lets you divide what you leave into unequal shares. Most people should choose this option. It gives you the flexibility to make a wide range of choices. |
Price |
$95.00 |
$225.00 |
Delivery choices |
Immediately by download or email |
Immediately by download or email |
Availability of advice |
Yes, but limited |
Yes |
Choice of trustees |
Yes, but limited |
Yes |
Ability to leave specific gifts |
No |
Yes |
Ability to leave property in unequal shares |
No |
Yes |
Guardianship of children |
No |
Yes |
Provision for a residuary beneficiary in case no spouse or children survive |
No |
Yes |
Provision to specify burial or cremation wishes |
No |
Yes |
Ability to leave a life interest in a house |
No |
Yes |
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LawOnline Will |
Suitability |
The LawOnline Will should be suitable for most people. It gives you the flexibility to make a wide range of choices. The LawOnline Will allows you to make any legal provision that you wish to. It enables you to leave specific items or sums of money to individuals or charities. It also lets you divide what you leave into unequal shares. |
Price |
$225.00 |
Delivery choices |
Immediately by download or email |
Availability of advice |
Yes |
Choice of trustees |
Yes |
Ability to leave specific gifts |
Yes |
Ability to leave property in unequal shares |
Yes |
Guardianship of children |
Yes |
Provision for a residuary beneficiary in case no spouse or children survive |
Yes |
Provision to specify burial or cremation wishes |
Yes |
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.
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.
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