It’s a good idea to plan ahead for decisions about your finances, lifestyle and health in case you lose capacity to make your own decisions. You can appoint someone under a Power of Attorney or Enduring Guardianship to make decisions for you.
If you want to choose who will inherit your property after you die, you should think about making your will.
Powers of Attorney
Find out more about how to allow someone else to make decisions on your behalf about your property and finances.
Enduring Guardianship
Find out more about how to allow someone else to make lifestyle decisions about you in case you later lose the mental capacity to make these decisions yourself.
Wills
Find out more about wills and who can help you prepare your will to make sure it is valid.
Resources
Useful links
- NSW Government: End of Life Planner
- NSW State Library - Legal Answers: Wills
- NSW Trustee & Guardian: Aboriginal wills booklet
- NSW Trustee & Guardian: What is a Power of Attorney?
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal (NCAT): Guardianship orders
- NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal (NCAT): Financial management