How we help

As an Executor or Administrator, your major tasks are to collect the assets of the person who has died, pay any debts, then distribute the remaining assets to their beneficiaries. 

• If someone close to you has died without a Will (ie your parents or spouse), we help you apply for a 'Grant of Letter of Administration' from the Supreme Court of Victoria. This is usually granted to the next of kin with the largest claim on the estate. In this situation, the Administration and Probate Act 1985 (Vic) sets out the order in which the estate should be distributed.
• If you have been appointed as the Executor in the Will, we help you obtain a 'Grant of Probate', which is needed if the person who died was in aged care, owned property or if there are assets worth more than $50,000, before you can collect and distribute any assets of the estate.

Our expert Wills & Estate lawyers provide sound legal advice and guidance on how to carry out the role of Executor or Administrator, so you fulfil your obligations and minimise the risk of being sued. 

We also help you manage the legal process associated with selling any property that is in the estate.

We also offer advice on issues that can occur, including challenges to the Will, requests to distribute assets early and setting up trusts for beneficiaries who are too young or incapable of managing their share of the estate.

Our firm values openness, collaboration and integrity. 

We make sure you understand what your options are, what you need to do, what will happen next and what our services will cost at every step of the journey. 

That’s why our clients choose us for this important work. And why you should too!