Can you decide who inherits your wealth?

Can you decide who inherits your wealth?
Changes to the inheritance law will affect nearly every family in New Zealand. (Image: Getty)
Patrick Gamble
Sweeping changes to the laws covering wills come at the same time as the greatest transfer of wealth in New Zealand history.In coming years, an estimated $1 trillion of NZ baby-boomers' wealth will change hands. The legislation most certainly does need change – some of the laws haven't been looked at in 70 years. So, it’s important we get this right, particularly since millennial and Gen-Z adults are becoming ever more dependent on an inheritance as a way of getting their own homes.But the thought that comes to mind whe...

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