Public Trustee assumes special responsibilities for people who are unable to handle their own financial or legal affairs due to accident, disease, age, illness or disability. Public Trustee is not a welfare organisation and does not make health or lifestyle decisions. However, the consequences of some financial decisions made by Public Trustee may affect a person's lifestyle.

Public Trustee acts as a trustee, executor of a will, administrator of an estate (whether or not of a deceased person), manager, receiver, committee, curator, guardian, next friend, agent, attorney or stakeholder; or any other capacity provided for under the Act.

An "estate" under the control of the Public Trustee includes any property administered or managed by, or under the control of, the Public Trustee as trustee, executor, administrator (whether or not in relation to a deceased person) or in any other capacity authorised under this or any other Act, but does not include money deposited with the Public Trustee for the purpose only of investment in a common fund.

For more information contact Keith Sinkinson