Bespoke will drafting
Guardians, a staged inheritance for children, executor and backup, and how a mortgaged home is dealt with, drafted from your household and signed under supervision.
Wills & estates · Sunshine Coast
Wills & Estate Lawyer Bokarina
Bokarina has the highest household income of the twelve suburbs here, and the mortgage and the lifestyle that go with it. Your will should match both.
Bokarina is a young, high-income coastal family suburb. Median household income is $2,429 a week, the highest in this group, and 49.2% of households are couples with children, also the highest. Median age is 37, 41.6% of dwellings are still mortgaged, and 98.6% are separate houses. A wills and estate lawyer Bokarina families rely on checks that the will, the life insurance and the mortgage cover a lifestyle as well as a loan. The first conversation is free.
A high-income household often has more assets than its will describes: a home with a substantial mortgage, two vehicles, boats or other lifestyle equipment, and super balances that have grown faster than the nominations behind them. Life insurance written when the loan started may now cover less than the debt and the school fees that follow it. We work out what the household would need if one income stopped, then draft the will to match.
First consultationFree and confidential
FeesFull fee quoted before drafting starts
WhereBirtinya office, by appointment
Why Bokarina Families Choose Catton Roderick
Our Birtinya office is a short drive from Bokarina, and every appointment is booked for a time that suits working families. Dr Darren Catton, the firm's principal, handles each wills matter personally. He holds a Doctorate of Juridical Science from QUT, carries the TEP designation for specialist trust and estate practitioners, and sits on the Queensland Law Society's Property Law committee. The firm states he has practised Queensland estate law for more than 30 years.
- Insurance and super checked against the mortgage, not assumed to cover it.
- Guardianship for young children given full weight, with a substitute named.
- Free, confidential first consultation, full fee quoted before drafting.
- Written executor guidance for the person who will manage the estate and the children's inheritance.
- Signed originals stored securely, with a copy for your records.
Our Wills and Estate Services for Bokarina
Enduring powers of attorney and probate are covered here as general Queensland law only. Nothing above is personal legal, financial or superannuation advice.
Estate planning around income continuity
Checking whether insurance and super would support the family and discharge the loan if one income stopped.
Executor selection, with written guidance
An executor here may be managing a mortgage claim, insurance and a growing family at once.
We help you choose and write the role down.
Family provision claims (Queensland)
How Queensland law treats claims by a spouse, child or dependant, relevant where a family's circumstances mean not everyone agrees the distribution is fair.
Why Bokarina's Numbers Matter for Your Will
Bokarina has 1,935 residents and a median age of 37, the youngest of the twelve suburbs here. Families with children dominate: 49.2% couples with children, 38.6% couples without and 11.9% one-parent families, the lowest one-parent share in this group. Tenure is 30.5% owned outright, 41.6% mortgaged and 25.7% rented. Professionals (24.9%), managers (15.4%) and technicians and trades (13.1%) lead the workforce, with hospitals the largest employer, followed by cafes and restaurants.
With that profile, the will's job is mostly about income continuity and guardianship. If one income stops, the mortgage keeps running, and the children still need a guardian and a clear path to their inheritance. Our Bokarina appointments therefore start with the insurance and super nominations, then the guardianship clause, then the wider asset list.
Areas We Serve
We act as a wills and estate lawyer for Bokarina and the surrounding Sunshine Coast localities, from the Birtinya office:
Our Birtinya office, address and hours · Book a free consultation
FAQs
We have a big mortgage and young kids. What is the first thing to check?
Whether life insurance and super would clear the mortgage and support the children if one of you died. A will alone cannot pay the loan, so we check the cover against the debt before drafting.
Our insurance was set up when we bought. Is it still enough?
Often not. Cover set when a loan starts can fall behind a larger loan, more children or a higher income. We recommend reviewing it alongside the will.
Who should be guardian for our children?
Name a guardian and a substitute in your will, and talk to those people first. This is usually the most important clause for a Bokarina family.
Can we each have a will without a joint one?
Yes. Each person needs an individual will. Couples usually make mirror wills with matching guardian and executor appointments, prepared in one appointment.
What does a will cost?
It depends on the estate. The first consultation is free, and the full fee is quoted before work starts.
Bokarina, and How to Reach Us
Bokarina sits on the Sunshine Coast's northern beachfront, between Warana and Buddina in the Sunshine Coast Council area. It was developed as a coastal residential estate in the late twentieth century and has since become a popular family address close to the beach and the Sunshine Coast's main roads. Today it is home to 1,935 people with a median age of 37.
Catton Roderick Lawyers
| Business | Catton Roderick Lawyers |
|---|---|
| Phone | 1300 673 792 |
| info@cattonroderick.com.au | |
| Office | Regatta 1 Business Centre, 2 Innovation Parkway, Birtinya QLD 4575 (by appointment) |
| Other offices | Unit 3, 9 East Street, Caboolture QLD 4510 (Mon–Fri 9–5) · Level 1, 133 Redcliffe Parade, Redcliffe QLD 4020 (Tue–Fri 9–5) |
| Serving | Bokarina, Warana, Buddina, Parrearra, Currimundi and the wider Sunshine Coast |
We do not have a Bokarina office. Bokarina clients are seen at our Birtinya office by appointment.