Will reviews and bespoke drafting
Redrafting a mid-life will to match the current mortgage, children, second relationships and career, or drafting a first will where none exists.
Wills & estates · Sunshine Coast
Wills & Estate Lawyer Currimundi
Currimundi's trades, care workers and mid-career families are often caught between a mortgage still running and grown children who need planning for.
Currimundi is a mid-life coastal suburb with 6,570 residents and a median age of 45. Technicians and trades workers (16.9%) and community and personal service workers (14.8%) lead its workforce, and hospitals, aged care and primary education are the largest employers. At the 2021 Census 38.8% of dwellings were owned outright and 33.8% mortgaged, while 17.3% of families were one-parent. A wills and estate lawyer Currimundi households rely on plans for a mid-life estate: a mortgage that is still running, children who may now be adults, and a career that carries its own insurance. The first conversation is free.
Mid-life households are often the most under-planned. The mortgage may be half paid, the children may be teenagers or adults, and the will may pre-date a second marriage or a new job. For care-sector and trades workers, employer cover and super may be the largest protection in the household, and it sits outside the will. We review those together so the family is not left with a mortgage and an out-of-date document.
First consultationFree and confidential
FeesFull fee quoted before drafting starts
WhereBirtinya office, by appointment
Why Currimundi Families Choose Catton Roderick
Our Birtinya office is a short drive from Currimundi, and appointments are booked around working hours. 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.
- Mid-life review and redrafting, checked against the mortgage, the children and the current executor.
- Employer super and insurance checked against the will, so cover stays aligned with the family's plan.
- Free, confidential first consultation, full fee quoted before drafting.
- Written executor guidance, for a role that may now be shared between adult children.
- Signed originals stored securely, with a copy for your records.
Our Wills and Estate Services for Currimundi
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 for a mortgage still running
Checking whether life insurance and super would clear the remaining loan and support the family during the years it takes to pay it off.
Executor selection, with written guidance
Choosing between a spouse, an adult child or a professional, and setting the role out in writing.
Family provision claims (Queensland)
How Queensland law treats claims by a spouse, child or dependant, relevant to Currimundi's one-parent and re-partnered households.
What Currimundi's Mid-Life Profile Changes
Currimundi has 6,570 residents, a median age of 45, and a median household income of $1,467 a week. Housing is 81.8% separate houses, with 38.8% owned outright, 33.8% mortgaged and 24.6% rented. Couples with children (39.1%) and without (42.4%) are close together, and 17.3% of families are one-parent. Professionals (19.3%), technicians and trades (16.9%) and community and personal service workers (14.8%) lead the workforce. Median rent is $450 a week and median mortgage repayment $1,852 a month.
A household in the middle of its working life usually has the most moving parts: a loan with years left, children at different stages, and a will that may pre-date a separation or a second relationship. Our Currimundi appointments review those three things first, then the insurance and super, then the executor and the guardianship clause.
Areas We Serve
We act as a wills and estate lawyer for Currimundi and the surrounding Sunshine Coast localities, from the Birtinya office:
Our Birtinya office, address and hours · Book a free consultation
FAQs
We're halfway through the mortgage. Do we need a new will?
Probably, if the will pre-dates the children growing up, a second relationship or a change of executor. A mid-life review checks the will against the loan and the insurance, which is the point where most problems show up.
My employer cover ends when I change jobs. What should I do?
Check whether personal cover is also in place, and record the cover and its end date in your planning. We include that in the review so the will does not assume protection that may have lapsed.
I've remarried. What happens to my first family?
Marriage revokes an earlier will unless it was made in contemplation of that marriage. Your new will needs to provide for both households clearly, including any children from the earlier relationship.
Our adult children should share the executor role. Is that workable?
It can be, but co-executors need to agree on decisions. We usually recommend naming one lead executor and a substitute, with guidance on how decisions are made.
What does a will cost?
It depends on the estate. The first consultation is free, and the full fee is quoted before work starts.
Currimundi, and How to Reach Us
Currimundi sits on the Sunshine Coast's coastal strip between Minyama and Mooloolaba, in the Sunshine Coast Council area. It grew as a residential and beachside suburb through the late twentieth century, with a mix of established family homes and newer infill. Today it is home to 6,570 people with a median age of 45.
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 | Currimundi, Minyama, Mooloolaba, Buddina, Wurtulla and the wider Sunshine Coast |
We do not have a Currimundi office. Currimundi clients are seen at our Birtinya office by appointment.