Estate Planning

This guide contains step-by-step instructions, an easy English fact sheet, and the forms to apoint a medical support person and supportive attorney.

The information and forms in this edition have been updated to take into account the implementation of the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 which came into effect on 12 March 2018.

The office of the Public Advocate provides a guide in relation to your future decision making.
Take Control of your future decision-making.

Changes to Victorian guardianship laws simplify and modernise guardianship, protecting and promoting the human rights and dignity of adults with a disability, including the elderly and those with age-related illnesses and impaired decision making. It also introduces new offences.

Lawyer Juliet O’Brien outlines the key issues that those involved with guardianship and administration matters for represented persons need to be aware of.