Wills, trusts, and probate — with less of the drafting slog.
Quillio gives Australian wills and estates practitioners faster research across state Succession Acts, testamentary trust drafting, and probate practice — with citations grounded in current authority.
Quillio is built for Australian wills, estates, and succession practice — will drafting, testamentary trusts, enduring powers of attorney, family provision, probate and letters of administration, and estate administration. It is trained weekly on each state's Succession Act and Wills Act, probate rules and practice directions, family provision authorities, and CGT and duties implications on estates — so drafting and advice reflect the state and the regime your client is actually in.
What gets in the way
The frustrations we hear from estate planning lawyers again and again.
State succession regimes are genuinely different
NSW Succession Act 2006, Victorian Wills Act 1997 and Administration and Probate Act 1958, Queensland Succession Act 1981 — the frameworks differ on family provision eligibility, intestacy, and formalities. Getting the state wrong means getting the advice wrong.
Testamentary trust drafting is expensive to get right
Discretionary testamentary trusts, protective trusts, specific legacy trusts — the drafting has to work across three, four, even five decades, against tax law, family law, and bankruptcy law. One drafting error compounds over generations.
Family provision claims are a constant risk
Every will is drafted against the possibility of a family provision claim. State-specific eligibility rules, moral duty authority, and testamentary freedom limits vary — and the authority keeps evolving.
Probate volume practice needs efficiency
Grants of probate and letters of administration are high-volume, fixed-fee work. The margin is in efficiency; a tool that drops probate application turnaround from days to hours changes the economics.
Built for how estate planning lawyers actually work
State Succession Acts, current
Trained weekly on each state's Succession Act, Wills Act, Administration and Probate Act, and Family Provision Act — with current authority from state Supreme Courts and Courts of Appeal.
Testamentary trust drafting in current style
Discretionary testamentary trusts, protective trusts, minor's trusts, and specific legacy trusts drafted in current AU drafting conventions — with appropriate tax, family law, and bankruptcy considerations flagged.
Family provision research with citations
Research state-specific family provision eligibility, moral duty considerations, and comparable awards — with citations to current state Court of Appeal authority.
Probate and letters of administration drafting
Draft probate applications, letters of administration, and informal will applications in the format and with the evidentiary requirements of your state's probate registry.
Estate administration support
CGT on death, superannuation death benefits, duties on transfers from estates, binding death benefit nominations — Quillio surfaces the tax and duties considerations an administrator needs to address.
What Quillio does
Will drafting
Draft simple and complex wills in state-specific formalities — attestation requirements, beneficiary identification, executor appointments, and guardianship clauses.
Testamentary trust drafting
Draft discretionary testamentary trusts with current tax-effective structures, appropriate appointor and guardian roles, and family law and bankruptcy protections.
Enduring powers of attorney
Draft enduring powers of attorney and advance care directives in the format required by each state — financial, personal, and medical decision-making.
Family provision analysis
Research family provision claim prospects — eligibility, moral duty considerations, and comparable awards — in the state the estate is being administered.
Probate application drafting
Draft grants of probate, letters of administration, and informal will applications in state-specific probate registry format — with required affidavit evidence.
Estate administration
Advice on CGT on death, superannuation death benefits (including binding death benefit nominations), duties on transfers from estates, and distributions to beneficiaries.
From sign-up to fitting your day
Start the free trial
Free trial, no credit card. Pick wills and estates and your primary state so Quillio configures for the relevant Succession Act and probate registry.
Test on a current file
Upload a current will instruction or a probate application in progress. See Quillio surface the drafting starting points and state-specific formalities.
Run a family provision or estate admin file
Test Quillio on a family provision matter or a complex estate administration. Review the authorities and advice structure against your own approach.
Scale across the practice
Per-user pricing on the website. Add associates and paralegals as the workflow embeds in your volume practice.
Per-user pricing. Free trial. Suited to volume estates practice.
Quillio is per user per month with published pricing. For a wills and estates practice, the per-user cost is typically recouped in time saved on two or three probate applications or one complex will a month.
See pricing and start free trialEstate Planning Lawyer FAQs
Does Quillio handle my state's Succession Act?
Yes. Quillio is trained weekly on each state's succession framework — the NSW Succession Act 2006, Victorian Wills Act 1997 and Administration and Probate Act 1958, Queensland Succession Act 1981, WA Wills Act 1970 and Administration Act 1903, SA Wills Act 1936 and Administration and Probate Act 1919, and equivalent Tasmanian, ACT, and NT regimes. Research reflects the framework that applies where your client's estate is being administered.
How does Quillio approach testamentary trust drafting?
Quillio drafts discretionary testamentary trusts, protective trusts, and specific legacy trusts in current AU drafting conventions — with appropriate tax-effective structures, appointor and guardian provisions, and family law and bankruptcy protections. The drafting is a first draft; your professional judgment on the client's specific family circumstances and tax position makes it final.
Can Quillio research family provision claims reliably?
Yes. Quillio returns state-specific eligibility analysis under the relevant Family Provision or Succession Act, moral duty authority, and comparable awards — with citations to current state Court of Appeal authority. Family provision is highly state-specific; Quillio applies the state regime rather than averaging across AU.
Does Quillio cover probate practice in my state?
Yes. Probate registry requirements differ meaningfully by state — affidavit content, informal will applications, contentious probate procedure. Quillio is trained on current probate rules and practice directions for each state registry, so drafting matches what the registry will accept.
What about CGT on death and superannuation death benefits?
Quillio handles CGT on death (including the main residence exemption for dwellings passing to beneficiaries), superannuation death benefit tax treatment, and binding death benefit nomination review — all with ATO guidance and current authority cited. It complements your estate administration advice rather than replacing specialist tax advice on complex estates.
Is client information safe for estate instructions?
Yes. Estate instructions often include the most sensitive family information a client shares — relationships, health, finances, family conflict. Quillio is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified and runs on Australian infrastructure; client material stays on Australian soil throughout.
Try Quillio on your own work.
For a wills and estates practitioner, the most useful first test is a current will instruction or probate application — upload it and see how Quillio handles the state-specific formalities and drafting starting points. The free trial needs no credit card and no sales call.
Start your free trial