CPD Webinar - The Intersection Between Family Law and Wills & Estates in Estate Planning

1 CPD Unit – Substantive Law

Family law and estate planning are no longer areas that can be considered in isolation.

Decisions made when a client enters a relationship, separates, divorces, negotiates a property settlement, establishes a trust, makes a superannuation nomination, or updates a Will can have significant and sometimes unintended consequences for their broader estate plan.

For accountants, lawyers and other professional advisers, understanding the intersection between family law and wills and estates is essential to providing complete and effective advice. This is particularly important when advising clients in blended families, business-owning families, people with complex asset structures and relationships, or families seeking to protect wealth across generations.

In this practical webinar, join Indianna Wickes and Julia Popa from KHQ Lawyers as they explore the key issues that arise where family law and estate planning overlap, and the steps advisers should consider to help clients minimise risk, avoid disputes and ensure their planning documents remain effective.

The session will cover:

• The impact of marriage, separation and divorce on estate planning documents;
• The role of binding financial agreements in succession planning;
• The treatment of trusts and superannuation;
• Family provision risks;
• Blended family considerations; and
• Strategies for protecting wealth across generations.

This webinar is designed for accountants, lawyers and professional advisers who assist clients with succession planning, asset protection, business structuring, relationship breakdowns, family wealth planning or estate administration.

Continuing Professional Development

Legal CPD:

WA legal practitioners (QA Provider ID 29250)

1 CPD Unit, CPD Obligation Field 4 – Substantive Law. To ensure you receive your CPD Units for this event, please provide us with your Legal Practice Board Practitioner ID during registration. Note: CPD Units are only available for participation in the live webinar. At this time, webinar recordings (for those that are registered but unable to attend) are not eligible for WA Legal CPD Units.

Legal practitioners outside of WA

If you consider that this webinar satisfies your individual requirement, or is relevant to your immediate or long-term professional development needs, you may claim 0.5 CPD Units for every 30 minutes of attendance and participation.

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Presenters: Indianna Wickes & Julia Popa
KHQ Lawyers

Indianna Wickes
Solicitor, KHQ Lawyers

Indianna is an experienced Wills & Estates lawyer, who guides clients through the complexities of estate planning and administration with empathy and clear communication. She takes the time to understand each client's unique circumstances and provides practical, tailored advice to help them make confident decisions during sensitive times.

Indianna's experience includes:

Estate planning

• Drafting Wills, including testamentary trusts, tailored to clients' objectives and asset structures.


• Preparing Enduring Powers of Attorney and Appointments of Medical Treatment Decision Maker.


• Advising on superannuation strategies and structuring death benefit nominations.


• Succession planning for clients with complex financial structures, including family trusts, companies, and SMSFs.


• Providing guidance for clients with blended families, unique family dynamics, and capacity considerations.

Estate administration

• Preparing and lodging applications for Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration and advising clients on the requirements of, and implications for, each step of the process.


• Managing all aspects of estate administration, including identifying, collecting, and transferring diverse assets including properties, shares, and superannuation.


• Preparing Survivorship and Transmission Applications and coordinating property transfers.


• Advising executors and beneficiaries on their legal obligations and rights, and providing practical solutions to navigate complex family or financial circumstances.

Estate litigation

• Acting for individuals, families, trustees and businesses in estate disputes.


• Testator's family maintenance claims.


• Superannuation disputes, including self-managed superannuation funds.


• VCAT guardianship and administration matters.


• Trust disputes and applications by trustees.


• Property disputes and construction proceedings.


• Capacity matters.

Indianna is part of KHQ's highly regarded Wills & Estates team, which is recognised in the Doyles Guide as leading practitioners in Wills, Estates & Succession Planning and Wills & Estates Litigation in Victoria, and in The Best Lawyers™ in Australia for trusts & estates law.

Indianna was admitted to practice in 2023 after completing a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts at Monash University. She is currently in her final semester of a Master of Laws, majoring in Wills and Estates and Estate Planning at the College of Law. Her professional highlights include speaking at a number of Law Institute of Victoria events and participating in the Women + AI APAC Workshop and Summit.

Julia Popa
Associate, KHQ Lawyers

Julia has practiced exclusively in family law since 2022. Prior to joining KHQ, she worked within the family law team of another full-service Melbourne law firm for several years, where she developed a broad practice in all areas of family law, including:

• Property disputes of varying complexity, including matters involving corporate structures, trusts, businesses, overseas assets, shares, and cryptocurrency; contributions assessments, including consideration of the impact of family violence and wastage of matrimonial assets; third-party claims, such as contested loans from family members; superannuation splitting, including self-managed superannuation funds; spousal maintenance; and drafting and advising on Binding Financial Agreements.


• Parenting disputes, including matters involving the negotiation and determination of parenting arrangements and parental decision-making; allegations of family violence and child safety concerns; urgent recovery applications and overholding disputes; and relocation matters.


• Child support matters, including drafting and advising on private child support agreements.

Family law matters are rarely straightforward, and Julia recognises that clients are often navigating some of the most emotionally challenging periods of their lives. She is committed to providing clear advice and seeks to achieve outcomes that are practical and commercially sensible, whether through negotiation or litigation (where necessary).

Julia is part of KHQ's accomplished Family Law team, which is recognised in The Best Lawyers™ in Australia for family law.

Julia holds a Juris Doctor from Monash University, which she completed with distinction, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Melbourne. During her law studies, Julia was awarded the Lachlan Brown Memorial Prize for achieving the highest grade in property law.