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Teressa Maines

Teressa Maines LLB BCom

Teressa commenced work with Gregson & Associates since its inception. It is through her time with Gregson & Associates that she has developed a passion for work in probate, estate administration, succession, and estate planning. Teressa is dedicated to providing a professional experience for all clients.

Teressa is a full Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). Teressa has a Master of Laws (Applied Law) majoring in Estate Planning and Wills and Estates. She was also listed in Doyle’s 2022 as a Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Law Rising Star – Western Australia.

Estate & Succession Planning

Teressa enjoys meeting a diverse range of clients and enjoys the challenge of providing bespoke estate and succession planning advice tailored to the client’s circumstances, goals, and objectives. She assists clients in advising and preparing:

• Wills (including testamentary trust Wills)

• Enduring Power of Attorney documents

• Enduring Power of Guardianship documents

• Advance Health Directives

• Binding death benefit nominations for superannuation (including SMSF’s)

• Succession plans for complex asset structures such as: trusts, company and SMSF’s Teressa ensures all clients leave Gregson & Associates feeling confident and comfortable that their succession planning is in order.

Probate & Letters of Administration

Teressa also has experience with probate and letters of administration applications. She has worked on a number of complex applications and successfully obtained grants where there are minors, interstate/overseas beneficiaries, jurisdictional issues, and informal wills.

Estate Administration & Other Work

Teressa has experience assisting clients in the administration of various estates from insolvent estates to multi-million-dollar estates.

Teressa can also assist and advise on:

• The establishment of infant trusts for estate/superannuation proceeds

• Resolving potential estate/superannuation disputes informally through a deed of family arrangement

• Complex estate administration matters such as workplace fatality claims through WorkCover WA

• Superannuation disputes, including through the Australian Financial Complaints Authority

• Applications for guardianship and administration orders through the State Administrative Tribunal