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Difficult choice. I would love to have dinner with my dad, who died in a car accident when I was just 6 weeks old. I'd love a chance to get to know him. I'm tempted to wish for a dinner with my mother, who died in 2019, so I could ask her why her last words to me were so cruel and hurtful...

For me, ANZAC Day brings back memories of the one and only day, each year of my childhood, that I my mother would speak of my dead father. From age 3, I was routinely dressed in starched white on ANZAC Day morning. My mother would pin my father's medals across my chest and escort me to the...

Should be legal everywhere, and should be much simpler and more accessible than it is. The conditions in Queensland are far too onerous. I understand the fear of abuse by those hoping to inherit, but a person can already specify, when of sound mind and well ahead of any illness or mental...

That's shocking, Ricci. I am so sorry that happened to you. My half-sister robbed our mother and threatened her safety, but still managed to successfully challenge the Will despite having no genuine needs and having inherited heaps from her father (while I got nothing from either my father or...

I agree that it's reasonable to allow a Will contest if there is reasonable cause to suspect the person making the Will was not mentally competent, or was wrongfully influenced. But there should be strong evidence of that. Just to allow anyone to contest on a no win, no pay basis is wrong.

I don't agree that anyone should be able to challenge a will. Even if someone does leave a person out spitefully, it's THEIR money, and they should have the right to do as they please with it. They can treat people spitefully while living. Why should they be denied the right of choice after they...

I couldn't agree more, Annie Mac. It's disgusting.

No, that's not correct. Even if you leave them a lot, if it's not equal with what you leave others or they think it's unfair, they can contest. And it costs them nothing to mount a contest, even if they lose because they had no valid claim. That's what's wrong with the system.

Don't use the public trustee. They take a huge chunk of your estate. Find a lawyer who will write a will at low cost. It doesn't have to cost much. Shop around. There are lawyers out there who will do it very cheaply.

Gifting a small amount to a child does NOT stop them contesting the Will (as claimed above). The fact that they can contest is not the problem. The problem is the manner in which a contest is decided. It should NOT be decided (as it is now) based on claimed ''needs''. Needs are often created...