FLEUR MCDONALD Legal
ADVICE FROM THE HEART
Now is the time to be thinking about protecting what you have and keeping what matters to you safe
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Now is the time to ensure you keep what matters most to you safe.
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If you’ve ever been charged more than you were quoted by a lawyer, we won’t do that to you.
If you are buying or selling, we offer fixed fees and will review the first 3 auction or deadline sale information packs for you free of charge.
Buying and Selling
Whether you are a first home buyer, subsequent buyer or a seasoned property investor we will guide you through the process of buying or selling. We will ensure you understand the best ownership structure for you. Also what needs to be done to protect your most prized asset. FREE review of up to 3 auction or deadline packs and guaranteed fixed fees once quoted and accepted.
Enduring Power of Attorney
If life throws you a curve ball and you can no longer manage your personal or property affairs because of old age, accident or illness, we can save you and your family unnecessary stress and financial hardship by putting the right structures in place for you now. We will help you get it right first time and avoid unnecessary and expensive court proceedings.
Wills
You spend a lifetime acquiring assets and working towards retirement. A well drafted Will, that accurately reflects your current circumstances, and which ensures that your assets go to the people you want them to go to, can save your family further stress at what is already a difficult time. If you die without a valid Will there is no guarantee that your assets will be distributed as you would have wished.
Problems We Solve
Supporting seniors during stressful times of transition is something we specialise in and have built a reputation for. Offering home visits at times to suit you or your elderly relatives can make the prospect of facing up to those difficult decisions that much easier to address. We will help you to put the right legal structures in place to safeguard your life’s work.
Retirement Villages
Facing the prospect of moving from the family home into a Retirement Village later in life is difficult enough without having to wade your way through a complicated Occupation Right Agreement.
We will explain your rights and obligations and the every day ins and outs of retirement village living in plain, jargon free English. This can be done in the comfort of your own home if that suits you. We take the mystery out of these complicated documents.
Estate Administration
The death of a loved one is a traumatic time for any family. There are legal rules about how and when an estate can be distributed.
We will explain those aspects of estate law to you in plain, jargon free English at a time and place to suit you. Getting Probate of a last Will or Letters of Administration where your loved one did not leave a Will takes time. We will guide you through this to a timely distribution to beneficiaries.
Family Trusts & Estate Planning
You spend a lifetime acquiring assets and working towards retirement. However if there is one certainty in this life, it is that we are all going to die. Therefore a well drafted Will can ensure that you save your family further stress at what is already a difficult time.
We help you make sure your assets go to the people you want them to go to and help you avoid messy claims against your estate.
Fleur McDonald Director | Solicitor
After nearly 15 years at two Christchurch firm’s, Fleur has made the decision to establish her own practice, Fleur McDonald Legal.
She has established herself as an Elder Law specialist and industry leader of the area of Elderly Services and Seniors law. She is an accomplished speaker and regularly presents in her specialist area for Age Concern, Dementia Canterbury and other groups by invitation. She has also written papers on Senior Law and presented at seminars for the New Zealand Law Society on numerous occasions.
Fleur deals with all areas of property, asset protection and estate planning with a particular speciality in helping seniors and their families.
Typical solutions for Fleur’s clients involve the use of specialist Wills and Enduring Powers of Attorney. Consequently this can ensure the smooth management of personal and property affairs. Also for her senior clients to have ownership structures designed specifically as they move into retirement living.
Fleur has an engaging and caring personality and ensures she listens to her clients before formulating solutions.
Her experience and knowledge in the Elder Law area is second to none. Consequently her commitment to finding the best results for all her clients is at the heart of her service.
You can make an appointment to see Fleur at her convenient inner city premises or she would be happy to visit you in the comfort of your own home.
The by-line says it all, Fleur McDonald Legal “Advice from the heart!”
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146 Bealey Avenue (Cnr Colombo St and Bealey Ave)
P O Box 21112, Christchurch 8143
Telephone 03 365 1595
Mobile 021 222 8494