Employment Workplace Relations

Director, Philip Brewin is a specialist in Workplace Relations and heads our Workplace Relations Work Group.

Thursday, 2 November 2017

The Importance of Making a Will after Separation

Your Will should reflect any significant changes in your relationship status, whether you are getting married, having children, or breaking up. If you made a Will whilst you were single but have now married, this automatically cancels your Will rendering it invalid. Divorce affects your Will differently in each state. In Victoria, pursuant to the Wills Act 1997, upon divorce, any provision in your Will that relates to your former spouse becomes invalid. On the other hand, unlike divorce, separation does not automatically cancels the provisions...