Rodriguez Family Lawyers takes pride in having compassion and care with clients who are going through a difficult time in their life.
This level of service is essential when you are making hard choices for your Will and or Power of Attorneys or when you are an executor in a Deceased Estate of a loved family member.
From humble beginnings of Initial Consultation to one of our client’s case became a Precedent Law Case in our predecessor firm Leticia Rodriguez and Associates – available in Austlii or via google:
Re Manlio [2015] VSC 733 (21 December 2015) (McDONALD J) WILLS AND ESTATES — Defendant seeking distribution from deceased’s estate as an unregistered domestic partner
Re Manlio (No 2) [2016] VSC 130 (8 April 2016): Overarching obligations, Civil Procedure Act, ss 16, 18, 21 – 23 and 29.
Rodriguez Family Lawyers also was confirmed Winner of Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2020 within the following category: Wills, Probate & Estates – Australia
Wills
- Simple Wills;
- Mirror image Wills between spouses;
- Contracts for Mutual Wills
- Estate Planning;
- Wills with Testamentary Trust or Special Disability Trust and
- For any complex Wills we can obtain the expertise of Counsel and apply it to your particular circumstances.
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The legal costs for a Basic Will is from $540* per person plus any additional work and disbursements required.
Please note that we can provide an urgent Basic Will ready for execution within 24 hours for additional $50 fee and can travel within 15 kilometres for another additional $50 fee as needed.
What is a Mutual Will? Mutual Wills are wills made by spouses or partners at the same time, together with a contract to which they are both parties. In the contract the spouses (or partners) each agree to be legally bound not to change their respective wills without each other’s written consent during their lifetime.
Obtain a quote for more detailed /complex Will.
The first consultation with a solicitor regarding Wills is $200 lump sum (except pensioners) as it allows the solicitor to obtain instructions from the client as to contents of the Will, discuss with the client their assets and liabilities as part of basic estate planning and provide the client with a fixed fee of legal costs plus disbursements.
* Excludes Complex Wills or Testamentary Trust
Power of Attorney (POA)
- General Power of Attorney;
- Enduring Power of Attorney – Medical;
- Enduring Power of Attorney – financial and Personal Matters
The legal costs is fixed at $340 per person for each Power of Attorney Form plus any additional work and disbursements required.
Please note that we can provide an urgent Power of Attorney ready for execution within 24 hours for additional $50 fee and can travel within 15 kilometres for another additional $50 fee as needed.
The first consultation with a solicitor regarding Power of Attorney is $200 lump sum (except pensioners) as it allows the solicitor to discuss with the client as to the different types of Power of Attorney, the importance of choosing the right Power of Attorney for their future needs and choosing the best person to appoint as an Attorney so that the client may make an informed decision.
Package – Wills and Power of Attorneys
Single Person Package: $1,120* including GST (save $100)
- Basic Will
- Enduring Financial and Personal Matters Power of Attorney
- Enduring Medical Power of Attorney
Couples Package: $2,240* including GST (save $200)
- Basic Will x2
- Enduring Financial and Personal Matters Power of Attorney x2
- Enduring Medical Power of Attorney x2
* Excludes Complex Wills or Testamentary Trust
Deceased Estates
- Survivorship Applications
- Grant of Probate;
- Letters of Administration – Intestacy;
- Letters of Administration – with the Will annexed;
- Application for Executor / Administrator Commission;
- Deed of Family Agreement;
- Deed of Release and Indemnity;
- Deed of Release and Distribution; and
- Contesting the Will – acting for estate or claimant against the estate.
For the legal costs in a deceased estate matter, please ring to book an consultation and obtain an estimate of legal costs.
Please note that the first consultation in a deceased estate matter is $350 lump sum, as you may receive advice that will facilitate the Next of Kin or Executor transfer ownership of assets without the need of probate or a solicitor, depending on the circumstances of the matter.
Victoria Legal Aid does not fund Wills, POA or deceased estate matter.