De Maria & Associates
Lawyers Watsons Creek | Solicitors & Barristers
De Maria & Associates
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.
Since its inception in Melbourne in 2011, De Maria & Associates, located near Watsons Creek Vic, has been a multifaceted legal practice delivering extensive legal services to the Northern, Western and Eastern regions of Melbourne. We honour a legacy of professional conduct, coupled with our engaging and family-oriented approach.
The Purpose and Promise We Share
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.
Trustworthy Legal Services
Our firm can assist in the areas of:
- Conveyancing• Estate Disputes• Family Law• Wills & Powers of Attorney• Deceased Estates
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Enduring Power of Attorney (Financial)
It’s a legal paper by which you empower a dependable person (termed as “the attorney”) to make personal, financial, legal, and property judgments on your behalf, should you become mentally incapable of doing so.
You bestow an Enduring Power of Attorney upon a trusted individual to make beneficial financial and personal decisions for you.
A few of the roles an attorney can fulfill on your behalf are: settling your bills, signing papers, executing property transactions, and managing shares or bank accounts.
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Medical Treatment Decision
Everyone has the prerogative to decide about their own medical treatment. But, if you find yourself unable to make these decisions either for a short period or permanently, you can select a medical decision-maker on your behalf. The process of appointing a person for this can be daunting, yet our team is prepared to guide and support you on whom and when you should designate a trusted individual to make medical decisions for you.
Advanced Care Directive
It’s a legally binding instrument that enables you to set forth explicit provisions for your future health, care, and end of life scenarios. This document contains your decisions and preferences for medical treatment and outlines what kind of medical treatment you want and don’t want during emergencies. You should seek the advice of your doctor when drafting 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
