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Succession Act (SA) 2023 – Changes in SA – Part 1

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Succession Act (SA) 2023 has been proclaimed and will come into operation on 1 January 2025.

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After a lengthy period of promulgation, the Succession Act (SA) 2023 has been proclaimed and will come into operation on 1 January 2025. Advisers will need to be prepared for this date which inconveniently falls in the midst of a traditional holiday period.

The Succession Act represents a significant shift and modernisation to important aspects of the succession law in South Australia. It has repealed and consolidated into one Act some quite dusty legislation being the:

  1. Inheritance (Family Provision) Act (SA) 1972;
  2. Administration and Probate Act (SA) 1919; and
  3. Wills Act (SA) 1936.

Piper Alderman's Private Clients Team has reviewed the changes and presents a three part Insight series into the affect the Succession Act changes will make in this area.

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