Personal Legal Services.
Comprehensive personal legal services covering relationship property, wills, trusts, elder law, estates, and notarial services — delivered with care, candour, and the experience of a 56-year practice.
Talk to our personal law team about your matter — no obligation, no clock running on the first call.
Relationship Property
Clear, sensitive advice on contracting out agreements, separations and dissolution — designed to protect what you've built.
- /Contracting Out Agreements (pre-nups)
- /Separation Agreements
- /Dissolution of Marriage
Wills
A well-drafted will protects everyone you love. We prepare wills that are robust under the Wills Act and review existing ones for gaps.
- /Will Drafting
- /Administration Act matters
- /Wills Act compliance
- /Reviews & disputes
Trusts
Full trust services — from formation through to administration, restructuring and winding up. We make complex structures intelligible.
- /Trust Formation
- /Reviews & Amendments
- /Change of Trustees
- /Appointment & Removal of Beneficiaries
- /Trust Management & Administration
- /Resettlement & Restructuring
- /Winding up of Trusts
Elder Law
Specialised counsel for ageing parents and disabled clients — protecting affairs, respecting wishes, navigating subsidy applications with care.
- /Wills
- /Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPOAs)
- /Trusts & Memorandum of Wishes
- /Rest Home Subsidy Applications
- /Management of elderly / disabled client affairs
- /PPPR Applications
- /Rest Home Agreements / ORAs
Estates
From probate and administration to overseas estate matters and contested claims — practical, sensitive estate work.
- /Estate Administration
- /Estate Probates
- /Letters of Administration
- /Overseas & NZ-based Estates
- /Estate Disputes & Claims
Notarial Services
Kristine King is a Notary Public as granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury — a rare credential, available at DK Law by appointment.
- /Notarisation of international documents
- /By appointment only — please bring originals
- /Apostille and authentication referrals
Have a personal legal matter on your mind?
Tell us what's going on — we'll listen, explain your options in plain English, and quote transparently.