De Maria & Associates
Lawyers Mont Park | Barristers & Solicitors
Welcome to De Maria & Associates
De Maria & Associates offer Legal services in Northern Suburbs including Doreen, Mill Park, Whittlesea, Bundoora, Diamond Creek, Wollert, Hurstbridge, South Morang and Epping.
Established in 2011 in Melbourne, De Maria & Associates is a multi-faceted law firm based near Mont Park Vic offering a wide range of legal services to the Northern, Western and Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. We proudly uphold a tradition of professionalism while embracing a friendly and family-oriented approach.
The Purpose and Promise We Uphold
We appreciate that legal matters can often be intricate and complex. Our team possess diverse legal experience, making us qualified and available to explore your particular needs. Whether it involves family law, conveyancing, or estate disputes, our tireless dedication to achieve the desired outcome guarantees that we clearly understand and respond to your needs, with a professional yet approachable touch.
Reliable Quality Legal Services
Our firm can assist in the areas of:
- Conveyancing• Estate Disputes• Family Law• Wills & Powers of Attorney• Deceased Estates
Enduring Power of Attorney (Financial)
This is a legal instrument whereby you assign a reliable individual (known as “the attorney”) to make personal, financial, legal, and property-related decisions for you, should you lose the mental capability to make such decisions.
An Enduring Power of Attorney is granted to a person whom you trust to make sound financial and personal decisions on your behalf.
Some responsibilities that an attorney can perform on your behalf include: settling your bills, signing documents, buying or selling real estate, and handling shares or bank accounts.
Medical Treatment Decision
Everyone has a right to make their own medical treatment decisions. However, if you are unable to make decisions either temporarily or permanently then you can choose a medical who can make medical decisions on your behalf. Appointing a person to make medical decisions for you can be very burdensome, however our team can guide and assist you as to whom and when you appoint a trusted person to make medical decisions on your behalf.
Advanced Care Directive
This is a legally enforceable document that allows you to articulate clear plans for your future health, care, and end of life issues. This document encapsulates your decisions and desires for medical treatment, and it specifies the medical treatment you want and do not want in emergency situations. You should involve your doctor when filling out an Advance Care Directive document.
We offer the following expertise:
- Wills
- Codicils
- Testamentary Trusts
- Estate Planning
- Enduring Powers of Attorney (Financial)
- Enduring Powers of Attorney (Medical)
- Binding Death Nominations
