We assist with:
Family Law Peaceful Separations
Wills and Enduring Powers of Attorney
Probate and Estate Matters
Sales and Purchases by Businesses
Commercial and Retail Lease
Conveyancing and Property Law
Carolyn Ryder can help you with business law, conveyancing, estate planning, and family law issues. Carolyn Ryder has a particular interest in working with small and family-owned enterprises.
Under the direction of Geoff Hyland, Carolyn began her legal career in 2003. She received training in property law, town planning, and business law in a small city firm.
In Loganholme, Queensland, Carolyn established her law firm, Carolyn Ryder Solicitor, in August 2018. Midway through 2022, Carolyn changed its name to Ryder Lawyers and relocated to more upscale space in Daisy Hill. She appreciates assisting women in small enterprises and coaching aspiring business owners.
Carolyn, her husband, and their two kids reside in Cornubia.
Commercial property services and expertise offered by Ryder Lawyers include:
• Property transactions, including buying, selling, and leasing
• Retail, business, and industrial leasing
• Entitlement
• Land subdivisions, including off-plan projects
• Transactions involving commercial and industrial land.
Are you looking for a legal teammate who will support you throughout the course of your family business?
Carolyn Ryder is a seasoned attorney and proprietor of a family business. She is familiar with the difficulties faced by family businesses during their establishment, growth, and succession. In their garage, her parents started a reputable commercial and industrial electrical contracting company that has since evolved to a multi-million dollar enterprise that completes projects both in Australia and abroad.
A family member or friend may have advised you to consider making a will if you recently bought your first house, are starting a family, are retiring, or have seen a shift in your circumstances.
Because it might be challenging to know where to begin when considering your Will, many people die away without drafting one.
This is known as having a "intestate estate," and it could lead to the distribution of your assets differently than you had intended.
Having a knowledgeable estate planning attorney at your side can make writing your will less overwhelming than it otherwise could be.
You will feel at ease after working with us knowing that you have left your loved ones with your legal affairs in order.
Nobody likes to consider passing away and having to make difficult choices about who will handle the finalization of their estate, who will be the dependable guardian for their cherished young children, and how they would like to divide their hard-earned assets. We understand this.
Discretionary trusts created by a will are known as testamentary trusts.
The trusts are created when you sign your will, they are included in the will paperwork, and they are then set up to take effect after your death.
Both family members and unrelated parties, such as friends and nonprofit organizations, can gain from the creation of these trusts.
If family members are not beneficiaries, they are less effective for tax planning, but they can continue to be beneficial for asset preservation even without family beneficiaries. if they face legal action or go bankrupt.
If the beneficiary does not personally own or control the trust, there may be some protection from family law actions by current or prospective de facto spouses or married partners of the beneficiary.
The idea that testamentary trusts can stop family provision claims against your inheritance and can be used to thwart claims from disgruntled beneficiaries is a common one.
This is untrue because the assets meant for the Testamentary Trust become part of your estate and can thus be distributed by a court in the event that a family provision claim is successful.
This is a topic for a different debate if you're trying to prevent a prospective family provision claim.
We are sorry to hear about your family member's passing. During this next phase, our team at Ryder Lawyers is ready to support you. We are available to answer any questions you may have, no matter how little, and we provide free initial consultations in estate matters.
Initial Steps
If you are the executor of a will, you might need to make arrangements to have the deceased's bank account used to pay for their funeral expenses. Except for interest and income deposits, this is the sole transaction that can be made on their bank account.
Please schedule an appointment with us as soon as you have a formal death certificate from the Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages so that we can talk about the estate and advise you on whether a Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration will be necessary, or if neither of these is necessary.
We accept appointments in our Daisy Hill location.