Historically, there has been an acceptance by farming families that a farming child or children should inherit the “lion’s share” of a rural estate, even if only modest assets went to non-farming children. There is a sense of unease amongst many farming families that non-farming children are prepared to challenge the rights of their farming siblings to fully inherit.
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Rural Law & Agribusiness
Supporting the rural community with practical and no-nonsense solutions for over 160 years.
Fleming Muntz has an intimate understanding of the rural industry and agribusiness. We have many years of experience serving the rural community in Southern New South Wales and North-Eastern Victoria. Our business is as tied to the land as those of our clients.
We have a broad range of experience including expertise in:
- Succession planning for rural families
- Complex property transactions
- Water licensing and rights
- All types of trust and company structures for farming operations
- Negotiation of conflict in farming families
- Farming leases and share farming agreements
- Farming asset restructuring, including taxation and duty implications
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Unfortunately, many of us or our clients will suffer from a loss of capacity at some stage in our lives.
Whilst a loss of capacity can have a significant impact on our personal lives, it can also have a detrimental impact for those of us that act in the role of company director or secretary.
Any well run business will almost certainly have done a “SWOT” analysis, identifying potential future problems and planning in advance how to deal with them.