Will - Married Woman

A typical Australian last will and testament for a woman with a husband and three children. The testatrix leaves everything to her husband and only establishes a testamentary trust for the children if the husband predeceases her or fails to survive her for at least thirty days. If her husband does predecease her, the testatrix sets up three trusts after her death to provide for each of her three children and their direct descendants ("lineage" concerns), thereby excluding the issues of marriage and divorce from the determination of beneficiaries. (P-92205)

In this example Australian last will & testament a woman has two children, one of whom is disabled and intellectually impaired. The testatrix establishes a testamentary trust to look after her daughter for the rest of her life, following her death. She gives the house and some money to her husband and some special gifts and bequests (probably something to her son) but her main focus is on the trust, because the others are capable of looking after themselves while her daughter is not.

A clause that can be inserted in the Will to exclude particular persons from being a beneficiary under this Will. Not all Wills will need this clause but in some circumstances it could warn the non-beneficiary from pursuing a contest and make such a contest less likely to succeed. It will be inserted after SPECIAL GIFTS AND BEQUESTS and before RESIDUAL GIFTS DEVISES AND BEQUESTS. (P-21298)

An interesting example. This simple Australian last will and testament is designed for a woman who leaves everything to her husband, but has agreed with her husband that if he should predecease her she will split her estate into two equal shares: one share for his kids and one share for her kids. In this example there are six on his side and three on her side, but it could be any number. It can be easily completed as a form on the screen and then printed and signed by the testator and two witnesses.

This simple Australian last will and testament is designed for a woman with no children who leaves everything to her husband, else her sole step child (a child from her husband's previous marriage). She makes specific instruction to treat this child as her own. It can be easily completed as a form on the screen and then printed and signed by the testatrix and two witnesses.

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This simple Australian last will and testament is designed for a woman with three children who has separated from her husband and wants to make it clear he is not to benefit from the will, and leaves everything to her children in equal share, else another person. It can be easily completed as a form on the screen and then printed and signed by the testatrix and two witnesses.

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This simple Australian last will and testament is designed for a woman with five children who leaves everything to her husband, else her children in equal share, else another person. It can be easily completed as a form on the screen and then printed and signed by the testatrix and two witnesses.

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This simple Australian last will and testament is designed for a woman with four children (one or more of whom is a step child) who leaves everything to her husband, else her children in equal share, else another person. She gives specific instruction to treat all children the same. It can be easily completed as a form on the screen and then printed and signed by the testatrix and two witnesses.

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This simple Australian last will and testament is designed for a woman with four children who leaves everything to her husband, else her four children in equal share, else another person. She gives specific instruction that, if a child predeceases her, if that child has children, then that part of her estate that would have gone to this child should go to her grandchildren instead, but if not, exclude him/her from the equation. It can be easily completed as a form on the screen and then printed and signed by the testatrix and two witnesses.

This simple Australian last will and testament is designed for a woman with two children who leaves everything to her husband, else her children in equal share, else another person. She makes reference to step child(ren) from her husband's previous marriage but gives clear instruction that they are not to benefit as residual beneficiaries of her estate. It can be easily completed as a form on the screen and then printed and signed by the testatrix and two witnesses.

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