Saturday, September 12, 2020

my legal rep wants to know if this letter is striking the right tone vis family Estate

 hey Jesse Waters is saying Oliver Stone is going to be on his show soon, that true????? or just hallucinated that maybe....  drums please....


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Dear John and Catherine,

 

On behalf of Benjamin and the Estate of the late Maria Alvarez, thank you for your timely and gracious response. By way of introduction, I’m happy to let you know that I was close classmates with Benjamin at St Marys Senior High School in western Sydney quite some time ago. Somehow Benjamin and I have managed to maintain our acquaintanceship throughout the years not withstanding my subsequent relocation to the United States almost twenty years ago. I presently co-manage an international marketing service based in Las Vegas Nevada. I’m familiar with Ken Done’s artwork and appreciate his style. I do not practice Law at present but am available for freelance consulation and still maintain contact with registered lawyers in Australia where I studied Law after matriculating from St Marys Senior High.

 

I can assure you there is no hurry with the Estate and everything is moving fairly smoothly. As per Trish’s request, Benjamin has posted out some of his mother’s ashes to her by Sea Mail however he is unable to track this through Australia Post so is just hoping fingers crossed it will arrive ok. The late Maria’s Will has been located and Benjamin advises he has forwarded (a copy of) it by Air Mail to the Late Maria’s brother and sister which has been tracked and recently arrived okay in the post in Spain. The Will stipulates Benjamin and Trish are to share in the Estate half each (50/50) and we do not anticipate any problems with executing the Will through the NSW Supreme Court (the relevant authority as the property belonging to the Estate is in NSW, namely 98 Jersey Rd Dharruk 2770 NSW).

 

With regard to the current expenses of the Estate, Benjamin advises that at present he does not expect them to mount up to a point where the Estate need be charged from the principal value of the property itself. With regard to this Estate, the only real valuable item is the house and land itself as none of the removable items are of any value enough to compensate the expense of removing them, most of the furnishings have zero value and have been listed as such already with the Estate papers submitted to the Court. In other words, if the house sells for 600k (six hundred thousand dollars), at present Benjamin expects to be able to halve that amount (minus real Estate agency fees) with his sister and allocate the funds to her bank account.

 

You really hit on something mentioning Covid, we can all appreciate no matter our respective location on the planet, the pandemic is certainly upending lives and disrupting entire societies globally. With regard to Benjamin and his sister and their relationship, I can merely say that I wouldn’t even need to know Benjamin well to understand he’s had a very difficult time managing his brother’s Estate, who sadly passed away roughly three and a half years ago. I understand why he would not want to complicate his current situation, managing his mother’s Estate, difficult as it is, trying to balance a strained relationship with his sister Trish. I understand he was becoming somewhat nervous at the prospect of being utterly ignored by his sister not least because of the effect of the Covid pandemic on real estate prices in Sydney. According to Benjamin’s reckoning, the family Estate would normally only be valued at a little over 500k if that, but because of the unusual effects on the macro and micro economies, of the Covid pandemic, there seems to actually be a strengthening effect on real estate prices in western sydney, and the property seems to be valued at around 600k these days. However, Benjamin is concerned a crash in real estate prices could end up costing himself and his sister many tens of thousands of dollars in lost property value, he is of the opinion that the sooner the property is sold, the better for his own and his sister’s proper interests.

 

Therefore entertaining that last point which is pivotal to my client’s interests, while I am not in a position to give Trish any legal advice or anyone representing her directly, notwithstanding that Benjamin and Trish’s interests may overlap mostly, in this matter, I can vaguely state that applying as a Co-Administrator would allow her to micro-manage the sale of the property a little more. If an offer is made on the house and Trish does not agree with it, having Co-Administrator status may enable her to retain more control in individual decisions like that. On the other hand, if she’s happy to accept Benjamin’s judgement, and realizes that the NSW Supreme Court defends her rights as a stipulated co-recipient of the late Maria’s Will, then she might not want to sign on as a Co-Administrator to the Estate. At the end of the day, the Administrator(s), in this case, will sell the house and split the value of that sale between Benjamin and Trish.  It’s incumbent on Trish to seek her own legal advice, perhaps you can recommend your own lawyer to her or merely encourage her to read up on the NSW Supreme Court website: http://www.supremecourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Pages/sco2_probate/sco2_filing_instructions/applying_for_letters_of_administration.aspx

 

Also please request she keep an eye on fluctuating real estate prices:

https://www.realestate.com.au/property/98-jersey-rd-dharruk-nsw-2770?source=property-search-hp

 

If she wishes to be added as a Co-Administrator she might try simply adding a paragraph to Form 125 stating as much, before signing, and having it witnessed. Likewise I’m not up to speed on precisely who the NSW Supreme Court would recognize, in Spain, as a valid witness, but it may not be necessary for her to make her way to an Australian Diplomatic mission for that, it’s encumbent on her to discover that, she can try researching the NSW Supreme Court website (listed above) for that. With regard to posting, it’s absolutely essential she post hard copy of her paperwork (FORM 125) to: The Estate of Maria Alvarez 98 Jersey Rd DHARRUK NSW 2770 for filing purposes.

 

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great tracks back in 1993 weren't they

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