Estate Planning & Deceased Estates Lawyer.

I founded Copeland Estates Legal to look after the growing need of busy families looking for simple, effective and accessible legal solutions to sort their legal affairs (in life and after death) which can be done from the comfort of their own home or office without trawling through an onslaught of conflicting opinions and information on the web or needing to spend countless hours trying to self-educate in succession law.

I am passionate about helping people plan and structure their affairs through their Wills, Power of Attorney and Enduring Guardianships to make sure finances and lifestyle decisions can be settled without additional unnecessary trauma. Planning can be the greatest gift to your family – what can be very simple measures can make sure you and your family are protected if the unfortunate or unexpected happens.

When a family member passes away it can feel like a rug has been pulled out from under you. Life as you know it changes and grief can be a huge burden to deal with. I can help ease part of the weight by giving comfort in knowledge and guidance of what needs to be done and the how, why, where, when and who. It can be a scary time, especially if you have never had to deal with loss. The satisfaction I get from helping families get through to the other side is why I do what I do.

I have been a foster carer for the RSPCA, a university law tutor, a mentor in the Office for Women Lucy Mentoring program and a Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce committee member.

But despite all the many roles I have adopted, the most important one is within my own family. Because at the end of the day, peeling away all our other titles and roles, family is everything.

I am a wife and mother of 2 (very cheeky) kids and have the privilege of living in on the beautiful coastline of the Mid North Coast, NSW. I understand what it is to want to plan for the best possible outcome and protect against the worst for the future of your family. Family life comes with many different competing obligations and priorities for which there never seems to be enough time and the juggling act emerges. I am well aware (and enthusiastically agree!) that life can be a rollercoaster of ticking off the urgent items from your eternal to-do list. But some items that keep getting pushed down the list (getting Wills done?) should be ticked off now, not later, because it is better to plan than to be blindsided.

Life (and death) is what you make it, so plan accordingly.