Guides
Six PDF guides you can download, on wills, KiwiSaver, prenups and separation.
The law already decides what happens to what you own. These guides explain what it says, and what you can change.
Written by PK Law for people working out where they stand: someone putting a will and enduring powers of attorney in place, a couple moving in together or getting married, or someone who has just separated. Each guide is a PDF you can read in your own time and bring to a first meeting.
Private client and relationship property law, Auckland
WILLS, KIWISAVER AND ESTATES
What happens to what you own.
Two guides on wills, enduring powers of attorney and how each asset actually passes, including the $40,000 threshold that most working adults cross through KiwiSaver alone.
The Estate Planning Guide
What a complete estate plan includes in New Zealand, what happens if you do nothing, and a twelve-point checklist of your own affairs.
PDF, 10 pages
Who Gets Your KiwiSaver?
KiwiSaver has no beneficiary nomination in New Zealand. This guide explains where your balance actually goes, and how the rest of your assets pass.
PDF, 10 pages
RELATIONSHIP PROPERTY AGREEMENTS
Deciding your own terms.
Two guides on contracting out agreements: whether you need one, what the process involves, and what we need from you at each step.
Do You Need a Prenup?
A plain-English guide to contracting out agreements: who they are for, what they can and cannot do, and what makes one hold up. It includes a twenty-question self-assessment to work through together, and a page on how to raise the subject.
PDF, 12 pages
Contracting Out Agreement Checklist
From the first consultation to signing: what happens at each step, indicative timings, the documents we need from you, and what keeps a section 21 agreement durable.
PDF, 3 pages
Division of Assets & Separation
Navigating your separation.
Two practical guides on dividing relationship property: what steps to take first, the disclosure required from each partner, and the pathway to a full and final agreement.
Separation Guide
A plain-English guide to dividing relationship property: what
to do first, what to avoid, and how a separation is resolved.
Written for anyone who has separated, or is about to.
PDF, 13 pages
Separation Agreement Guide & Checklist
A practical pathway to the section 21A agreement that records a full and final property division, with indicative timings, the disclosure required from each partner, and the transfers and payments that follow signing.
PDF, 2 pages
BEFORE YOU ACT ON ONE
A guide cannot tell you what to do in your own situation.
Each guide is general information about New Zealand law. Reading one does not create a lawyer-client relationship, and the documents that are right for you depend on your circumstances. The free 15 minute introduction call scopes your situation and confirms the fee, and the basis of it, before you commit to anything.
Have a question about your own situation?
If a guide has raised something you want an answer on, the free 15 minute introduction call is the quickest way to get one. We scope what you need, tell you what the law requires, and confirm the fixed fee before you commit to anything.
