Supperannuation and Wills

If you were appointor you could appoint yourself as trustee and then distribute yourself all of hte trust assets.

A director is not part of the trust, but part of the company which may be the trustee of the trust.

Yes I have heard of specal disability trusts. You should look at getting one of these set up under your grandfather's will. Lots of tax and centrelink advantages.

Having assets in a trust does not stop a wife or exwife from making a claim under the Family Law Act also under the Succession laws she could still make a family provision claim with the trust assets forming part of the estate under a notional estate order – but this will depend on the situation. The further your father is from it the better. but you also have to think about yourself and what if you get married etc.

The appointor doesn't direct the trustee. They just appoint the trustee. it is up to the trustee to make their own decisions. A director directs the trustee indirectly if their company is the trustee because the directors of the company are the brains behind it.

Ps the only thing to prevent Bart's wife from doing that above is if she or Bart were not beneficiaries. But they could get around this by distributing to a company set up so as to be a beneficiary.

Executor is usually the personal representative of the testator in someone's will.

I haven't heard about an appointor role being called an executor, but it is possible.

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