Last week I had an example of a client situation which in some respects was similar to the post a few weeks ago where a sole director died without a will.
The situation that came up last week involved a client who was the sole director of a number of companies and had lost capacity.
While she had an attorney appointed via the Guardianship and Administrative Appeals Tribunal (there are separate entities in each state regulating how someone can be appointed as an attorney where the incapacitated individual has not otherwise made a valid appointment), the director here also did not have a will.
In many situations, there is now the possibility to apply to a court before someone’s death and have the court approve a will.
The process is a relatively intense one, primarily because the court system holds the making of a will as something that ultimately should only ever be made by the individual in control of the relevant assets.
This said, when compared to dying intestate, the process is often one that we strongly recommend be considered.
Until next week.
