Help me with a 'plan': it can be conservative, or outrageous, I don't care!

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kambuckta:

I really think you need to discuss your financial situation for people to give good advice. In another thread you say:

And secondly, I am in a far more precarious financial position than any of the beneficiaries. I have never owned a home, I live week to week on government benefits (due to chronic health conditions) and I will probably be unable to return to work before retirement age (67 here in Aus).

Where there's a will...how soon should I lawyer up?

The grounds are two-fold @puzzlegal. Firstly, when my mother died ten years or so ago, she left her estate to my stepfather (as would be normal). We daughters were not mentioned in her will. Except my mother had contributed financially to his estate, selling property of her own to add value to his property, and providing both farm-labour and domestic-labour to enhance his ability to earn a living. And secondly, I am in a far more precarious financial position than any of the beneficiaries. I …

Will all the government benefits (money, health insurance…) continue to pay if you reside outside Australia?

Personally I wouldn’t feel comfortable living outside my home country with the combination of chronic health problems and few financial assets at the age of 63 even if the cost of living was lower.