Direction
Who receives what, and whether you decide or the law decides for you.
Guide · Estate planning
What happens to what you own.
Most families have more of an estate plan than they realise, and less than they need. Part of it was settled by forms signed years ago. The rest will be settled by statute. This is where The Legacy Briefs collects its writing on wills, intestacy, lasting powers of attorney and probate in Singapore.
Three questions every plan has to answer.
Authority
Who can act for you if you lose mental capacity, and who can act for your estate after you die.
Liquidity
Whether the people you leave behind can meet costs and obligations while the estate is being administered.
Outside the estate
What a will does not reach.
A will governs the assets that fall into your estate. Several common assets do not. CPF savings pass by nomination. Insurance policies with a nomination pay out to the nominee. Property held as joint tenants passes to the surviving owner. Assets already placed in trust are held on the trust's terms. Each needs its own instrument, and a will alone does not coordinate them.
Succession & estate
Briefs in this series.
The first briefs in this series are in preparation. Subscribe to the Private Briefing to receive them when they are published.
Going further
Live session
Who Gets What: a 60-minute live session on estate planning in Singapore.
See sessions →Private walkthrough
Forty-five minutes, one to one, on how the rules apply to the shape of your estate.
Book a walkthrough →General information on Singapore law as at the date of each brief. Not legal advice.