Legal Forms

Make an Enduring Power of Attorney with this easy-to-use template for Western Australia residents.

• With an Enduring Power of Attorney, you can name someone to act as your attorney, to make decisions and manage your property and financial affairs for you if you are incapable of doing so.
• You can choose to have the Power of Attorney take effect immediately upon signing, or only if you become incapacitated at some time in the future. In the latter case, if you regain your legal capacity, the Enduring Power of Attorney becomes ineffective again.
• The Power of Attorney does NOT give your attorney the authority to make decisions about lifestyle or medical matters.
• The package contains instructions on how to complete and execute the power of attorney, as well as an Acceptance form and information for your attorney(s).
• Available in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only in the State of Western Australia.

Appoint someone to make lifestyle and medical decisions for you if you are unable to, with this Enduring Power of Guardianship package for Western Australia.

• The downloadable forms package contains:
  • Enduring Power of Guardianship form,
  • sample marksman and readover clauses for persons who either cannot read / write or cannot speak English,
  • information and instructions to help you properly complete and execute the document.
• The information in the package explains what the requirements are to ensure that your document is legally valid.
• Your enduring guardian has the authority to make decisions personal, lifestyle and treatment decisions on your behalf if you have been determined to have lost capacity to make those decisions for yourself.
• An Enduring Power of Guardianship is an important part of your future planning.
• Available in MS Word format.
• Intended to be used only in the State of Western Australia.

Download this free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Whitney Houston (1963 - 2012).

• Whitney Houston was an American singer and actress who was one of the best-selling recording artists of all time.
• Houston is the only musical artist ever to chart 7 consecutive U.S. #1 hits.
• As a young woman she was much sought as a model, but singing was always her first love.
• In the last few years of her life, her career accomplishments were overshadowed by her personal problems and substance abuse issues. She died in February 2012 from a combination of drowning, the effects of heart disease and cocaine use.

Information gathered from Wikipedia.org

Download a free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957).

• Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian born psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, known as one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry.
• Reich worked with Sigmund Freud in the 1920s and was a respected analyst for much of his life, focusing on character structure rather than on individual neurotic symptoms. He believed that neurosis is rooted in the physical, sexual, economic, and social conditions of the patient, and promoted adolescent sexuality, the availability of contraceptives, abortion, and divorce, and the importance for women of economic independence.
• In 1947, Reich was living in the US when the Food and Drug Administration obtained an injunction to stop the sale of his 'orgone accumulators'. Charged with contempt for violating the injunction, he was sentenced to two years in prison, and in August 1956, several tons of his publications were burned by the FDA, arguably one of the worst examples of censorship in U.S. history.
• He died in jail of heart failure just over a year later, days before he was due to apply for parole.
  
  Biographical information obtained from Wikipedia.org.

Direct your trustee to name a special executor in another jurisdiction with this free Will Clause. The clause is generic and can be used in wills in many different countries.

Administration of Assets Outside of Jurisdiction.

I EMPOWER my Trustee to appoint a person or corporation living or carrying on business in any country or jurisdiction where any asset or liability of my estate is situated as a special Executor and Trustee of my said Will for the purpose of administering my estate in such country or jurisdiction.

This free optional Will Clause directs that compensation be paid to the executor under a compensation agreement signed during the testator's lifetime.

Download the digital file or just copy and paste the following text.

I DECLARE AND DIRECT that my Executor _______________________ shall be entitled to receive and shall be paid out of my estate as compensation for acting as Executor and Trustee of and under this my Will the fees, reimbursements and other compensation provided for in the Compensation Agreement between _______________________ and me signed on the ____ day of ________, ________ and prior to the execution of this my Will.

Grant a life estate in a residence to your spouse with this free Will Clause. The clause is generic and can be used in wills in many different countries.

Will Clause Granting Life Estate in Residence to Spouse

To hold whatever house and property I may own and be using as a home at the time of my death as a home for my --(husband, wife)-- until --(his, her)-- death or until --(he, she)-- shall in writing advise my Trustee(s) that --(he, she)-- no longer desires to have such property held for --(him, her)--, whichever shall first occur, when the said property shall fall into and form part of the residue of my estate. My --(husband, wife)-- may at any time direct my Trustee(s) to sell such property and with the proceeds of such sale provide another house and property for --(his, her)-- use, occupation and enjoyment, and so on from item to time.

All taxes, insurance, repairs, mortgage interest and any other charges or amounts necessary for the general upkeep of the said property while it is held for my --(husband, wife)-- shall be paid by my Trustee(s) out of my general estate, and I will and declare that my Trustee(s) may in --(his, her, their)-- uncontrolled discretion make such payments or any of them out of the capital or income or in such proportions as --(he, she, they)-- think(s) fit.

Add this clause to a Will made in Canada to direct how life insurance proceeds are to be distributed.

• The testator (person making the Will) declares that the proceeds of life insurance policies, except for RRSPs, are to form part of the estate and be paid to the beneficiaries as such.
• This clause is intended to be considered a declaration within the meaning of the Insurance Act (Canada).
• This Canada Will Clause re Insurance Proceeds is a downloadable form in MS Word format.

This free Will Clause gives the Trustee the power to act on joint election on behalf of any minor beneficiary with a parent or guardian of the minor.

You can download the digital file or simply copy the text below and paste it into your Will template.

JOINT ELECTION
(My Trustee shall have the power)
(#). For the purpose of designation by joint election with any preferred beneficiary during minority as to the part of accumulation income of my estate to be included in computing such beneficiary's income, TO ACT UPON any joint election with any Parent or Guardian of that beneficiary without consequential liability to any beneficiaries of my estate. Further, following any joint election with any beneficiary regarding the part of accumulation income of my estate to be included in computing such beneficiary's income, TO PAY ANY TAXES wheresoever leviable in respect of the same. Any payment so made shall be charged either against the expectant presumptive or vested share of such beneficiary in the capital and income (or either) of my estate or generally against the capital or income (or either) thereof that has not previously vested in possession so that any resultant loss falls proportionately on all interests therein as is fitting in the circumstances.

Appoint a trust company as a trustee with this free optional Will Clause. The clause is generic and is not specific to any state, province or country.

Appointment of Trust Company as Trustee

My Trustees are hereby authorized, if they wish to do so, to appoint a Trust Company to manage my estate or to act as their agent in respect of the management of my estate and from time to time in their discretion to terminate any such appointment and make another.