{"id":19223,"date":"2026-10-21T16:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T05:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chuatan.com.au\/will-made-in-china-taiwan-valid-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T16:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T05:04:01","slug":"will-made-in-china-taiwan-valid-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chuatan.com.au\/en\/will-made-in-china-taiwan-valid-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"A Will Made in China or Taiwan and Assets in Australia: Validity, Probate and Why You May Need an Australian Will"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ct-article\" data-no-translation>\n<p>A Will made in mainland China or Taiwan can be valid in Australia. Victoria and the other Australian states accept a Will as properly executed if it complies with the law of the place where it was signed, or the law of the willmaker&#8217;s domicile, habitual residence or nationality. Validity, however, is only the first step. To deal with an Australian bank account, share portfolio or apartment, the executor will usually need an Australian grant of probate, and proving a Chinese-language Will made under foreign law is slower, more expensive and less certain than proving an Australian Will. For most families with significant Australian assets, a separate Australian Will, carefully coordinated with the Will at home, is the better course.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Is a Will made in China or Taiwan valid in Australia?<\/h2>\n<p>Each Australian state and territory has a statutory rule on the formal validity of Wills made elsewhere. In Victoria it is section 17 of the <em>Wills Act 1997<\/em>. A Will is treated as properly executed if its execution conforms to the internal law in force in any of the following places:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the place where the Will was executed;<\/li>\n<li>the place where the willmaker was domiciled or habitually resident, either when the Will was made or at death; or<\/li>\n<li>the country of which the willmaker was a national, either when the Will was made or at death.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So a Will signed in Shanghai by a Chinese national in a form recognised by the PRC Civil Code, or a Will signed in Taipei in a form recognised by Taiwan&#8217;s Civil Code, is capable of being formally valid in Victoria even though it does not look like an Australian Will. The other states and territories have equivalent provisions in their succession legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Two points are often overlooked. First, these rules deal with <strong>form<\/strong> (signing and witnessing). Whether the willmaker had capacity, whether the Will has been revoked, and what its words mean are separate questions. Secondly, the rules say the Will is valid if it complies with the foreign law; they do not relieve the executor of the burden of <strong>proving<\/strong> that it does.<\/p>\n\n<h3>The forms of Will recognised at home<\/h3>\n<p>We work alongside lawyers in mainland China and Taiwan, who advise on their own law. In general terms, the main forms are:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead><tr><th><\/th><th>Mainland China (Civil Code, from 1 January 2021)<\/th><th>Taiwan (Civil Code)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Handwritten<\/td><td>Written entirely by hand, signed and dated by the willmaker (\u81ea\u4e66\u9057\u5631)<\/td><td>Written entirely by hand, dated and signed; changes noted and signed (\u81ea\u66f8\u907a\u56d1)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Written by another person<\/td><td>Written by one of at least two witnesses, signed by willmaker and witnesses (\u4ee3\u4e66\u9057\u5631)<\/td><td>Dictated before at least three witnesses, one of whom writes it (\u4ee3\u7b46\u907a\u56d1)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Typed or printed<\/td><td>At least two witnesses; each page signed and dated by willmaker and witnesses (\u6253\u5370\u9057\u5631)<\/td><td>Not a separate form<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Recorded<\/td><td>Audio or video, with at least two witnesses recorded (\u5f55\u97f3\u5f55\u50cf\u9057\u5631)<\/td><td>Oral Will in an emergency may be recorded (\u53e3\u6388\u907a\u56d1)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Notarised<\/td><td>Made through a notary office (\u516c\u8bc1\u9057\u5631)<\/td><td>Before a notary with two witnesses (\u516c\u8b49\u907a\u56d1); sealed Will lodged with a notary (\u5bc6\u5c01\u907a\u56d1)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Oral<\/td><td>Emergency only, two witnesses (\u53e3\u5934\u9057\u5631)<\/td><td>Emergency only (\u53e3\u6388\u907a\u56d1)<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>One change matters for older planning. Under the former PRC Succession Law, a notarised Will took priority and could not be displaced by a later Will in another form. The Civil Code removed that priority. Where Wills conflict, the last one prevails, whatever its form. Families who relied on a notarised Will made years ago should not assume it still controls.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan&#8217;s Civil Code also contains reserved shares for certain heirs (\u7279\u7559\u5206). An amendment promulgated on 17 August 2026 removes the reserved share of siblings, taking effect on 17 February 2027. Reserved shares for spouses, descendants, parents and grandparents remain. How those rules interact with Australian assets is a question for advice in both places.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Australian land follows Australian law<\/h2>\n<p>Australian law treats immovable property (land, houses and apartments) differently from movable property (bank accounts, shares and most other assets). Succession to Australian land is governed by the law of the place where the land is situated. Succession to movables generally follows the law of the deceased&#8217;s domicile.<\/p>\n<p>Mainland China&#8217;s conflict-of-laws statute takes a similar approach for intestacy, applying the law of the place where immovable property is located. Taiwan&#8217;s approach is different: succession is generally governed by the law of the deceased&#8217;s nationality, including for property abroad. The practical result is that the Australian and Taiwanese systems can look at the same Melbourne apartment through different lenses, which is one reason coordinated planning matters for Taiwanese families.<\/p>\n<p>Australian law also has no forced heirship. Instead, eligible people may apply to the court for family provision. In Victoria, a claim must usually be made within six months after the grant of probate, and the court can order provision from the Australian estate if the Will does not make adequate provision for the proper maintenance and support of someone the deceased had a responsibility to provide for. A Will that is valid in Taiwan or mainland China is still exposed to an Australian family provision claim.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Proving a foreign Will in the Supreme Court of Victoria<\/h2>\n<p>Australian banks, share registries and Land Use Victoria will not usually act on a PRC inheritance notarial certificate (\u7ee7\u627f\u6743\u516c\u8bc1\u4e66) or on Taiwanese household registration records and heirs&#8217; documents alone. Mainland China has no probate grant in the Australian sense, and resealing is available only for grants from listed jurisdictions such as other Australian states, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore and Malaysia. Neither mainland China nor Taiwan is on that list, so a fresh Victorian grant is usually needed (see <a href=\"\/en\/overseas-probate-notarial-documents-claim-australian-assets\/\">Using Overseas Probate Documents to Claim Australian Assets<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>When the application is based on a Will made overseas, the Supreme Court of Victoria&#8217;s Probate Office generally expects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The original Will.<\/strong> If the original is held by a notary office, a court or a family member overseas, retrieving it, or explaining why a copy must be proved instead, can take months.<\/li>\n<li><strong>An English translation<\/strong> by a qualified translator, verified on affidavit, with the translation exhibited alongside the original.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Evidence of the foreign law<\/strong>, usually an affidavit from a lawyer qualified in mainland China or Taiwan setting out the relevant formal requirements and stating whether the Will was validly executed under them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Evidence of due execution<\/strong> where the Will has no attestation clause in the Australian form, which may mean affidavits from the witnesses, some of whom may be difficult to locate years later.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The usual probate material<\/strong>: death certificate (translated), advertisement of the intended application, inventory of Australian assets and liabilities, and the executor&#8217;s affidavit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further difficulties arise in practice. Many Chinese-language Wills do not appoint an executor, so the application becomes one for letters of administration with the Will annexed, with different rules about who may apply and, for an applicant living outside Victoria, possible security requirements. Descriptions such as &#8220;my property in Australia&#8221; or &#8220;the apartment in Melbourne&#8221; may be too vague if the family holds more than one. A recorded Will raises additional evidential questions in an Australian court. Each issue can usually be resolved, but each adds cost and time.<\/p>\n\n<h3>A typical situation<\/h3>\n<p>Consider a typical situation. A parent living in Hangzhou signs a typed Will witnessed by two colleagues, leaving &#8220;all my property&#8221; to one child. The estate includes a Melbourne apartment and an Australian bank account. The Will is likely to be formally valid in Victoria, but it names no executor and was never translated. The child must obtain a Chinese lawyer&#8217;s affidavit on PRC formal requirements, a certified translation, evidence from the witnesses and an original Will retrieved from the family safe, and then apply for letters of administration with the Will annexed. Meanwhile a sibling who was left nothing has six months from the grant to consider a family provision claim in Victoria. A short Victorian Will dealing only with the Australian assets, with an executor in place, would have avoided most of these steps.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Revocation: when one Will cancels another<\/h2>\n<p>The most serious risk with Wills in two countries is accidental revocation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>An Australian Will with a standard revocation clause<\/strong> (&#8220;I revoke all former Wills&#8221;) can revoke a Will made earlier in China or Taiwan, leaving the home assets without a Will.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A later Will made at home<\/strong> that deals with &#8220;all my property&#8221; may conflict with, and under the PRC rule that the last Will prevails, override the Australian Will. A later Will can also revoke an earlier one under Australian law.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inconsistent executors<\/strong> named in different Wills can lead to disputes about who controls which assets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The solution is careful drafting: each Will should define the assets it covers, revoke only earlier Wills dealing with those assets, and expressly preserve the Will in the other country. We discuss the structure in more detail in <a href=\"\/en\/australian-will-and-overseas-will\/\">Assets in Australia and Overseas: Do You Need More Than One Will?<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2>Why an Australian Will is usually still needed<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead><tr><th>Issue<\/th><th>Relying on a Will from China or Taiwan<\/th><th>Separate Australian Will<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Formal validity<\/td><td>Must be proved under foreign law<\/td><td>Proved under Australian law<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Evidence<\/td><td>Translation, foreign-law affidavit, witness evidence<\/td><td>Standard probate documents<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Executor<\/td><td>Often none named, or overseas<\/td><td>Chosen with Australian administration in mind<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Asset descriptions<\/td><td>May be general or unclear<\/td><td>Drafted for Australian titles and accounts<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Australian tax and duty<\/td><td>Not considered<\/td><td>Can address foreign beneficiaries, testamentary trusts and duty surcharges<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Timing<\/td><td>Usually longer<\/td><td>Usually shorter<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>An Australian Will also allows planning that a foreign Will rarely addresses: testamentary trusts, foreign beneficiary exclusion clauses for land tax and duty purposes, and gifts that work with superannuation and jointly held property, none of which pass under a Will in the ordinary way.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Practical points<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use situs Wills.<\/strong> One Will for Australian assets, another for assets in mainland China or Taiwan, each limited to its own assets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coordinate revocation clauses<\/strong> so that signing one Will does not cancel the other. Review both whenever either is changed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep executors consistent<\/strong>, or at least complementary, and consider an Australian-based executor or attorney for the Australian estate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep the beneficiaries aligned<\/strong> so that the overall result reflects the family&#8217;s intentions, taking account of Taiwan&#8217;s reserved shares and Australian family provision.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Record where the originals are kept<\/strong> and tell the executors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bilingual families<\/strong> should consider whether a Chinese reference translation of the Australian Will should be prepared, while making clear that the English text governs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do not rely on international Wills.<\/strong> Australian states recognise the &#8220;international Will&#8221; under the Washington Convention, but neither mainland China nor Taiwan is a party to it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2>Documents across borders<\/h2>\n<p>An Australian Will, power of attorney or grant may need to be used in mainland China or Taiwan, and documents from there may be needed in Australia. Since 7 November 2023, mainland China has been a party to the Apostille Convention, so Australian public documents for use there are generally notarised (where required) and then apostilled by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Taiwan is not a party to the Apostille Convention. Australian documents for Taiwan are generally notarised, authenticated by DFAT and then legalised by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. See <a href=\"\/en\/apostille-power-of-attorney-australia-notarise-will-overseas\/\">Apostille for a Power of Attorney or Will From Australia to Asia<\/a> and <a href=\"\/en\/notary-public-services-for-taiwan\/\">Notarising Australian Documents for Use in Taiwan<\/a>. Requirements of the receiving office should always be confirmed first.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Privacy and family harmony<\/h2>\n<p>A granted Will becomes accessible through the court record. Families who value discretion often prefer that the Australian Will deal only with Australian assets, so that the full picture of the family&#8217;s wealth is not filed in an Australian court. Coordinated Wills also reduce the risk of siblings in different countries reading different documents and reaching different conclusions. Where disagreement does arise, confidential mediation can resolve matters without open court proceedings.<\/p>\n\n<h2>How we can assist<\/h2>\n<p>We prepare Australian Wills for families from mainland China and Taiwan that work alongside their Wills at home, review existing Chinese-language Wills for their effect on Australian assets, and act for executors applying to prove foreign Wills in the Supreme Court of Victoria, including coordinating translations and foreign-law evidence with lawyers in mainland China and Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Related reading<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ct-related\"><li><a href=\"\/en\/australian-will-and-overseas-will\/\">Assets in Australia and Overseas: Do You Need More Than One Will?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/overseas-probate-notarial-documents-claim-australian-assets\/\">Using Overseas Probate Documents to Claim Australian Assets<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/deceased-died-overseas-australian-assets\/\">When the Deceased Died Overseas With Australian Assets: What to Do<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/australian-citizen-inherit-property-in-china\/\">Australian citizen inheriting property in China<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/taiwan-estate-gift-tax-australian-assets\/\">Taiwan Estate and Gift Tax for Families With Australian Ties: What Applies Where<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/child-studying-in-australia-guardianship-medical-consent\/\">Your Child Studying in Australia: Guardianship, Medical Consent and Planning if Something Happens<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/cross-border-case-studies-china-taiwan-families-australia\/\">Cross-Border Case Studies: Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese Families With Australian Legal Matters<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<p><em>Chua Tan Associates acts for families and their professional advisers on Australian legal matters with a cross-border dimension, working alongside lawyers and tax advisers in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. To arrange a confidential consultation, please contact our Melbourne office on +61 3 9602 3988 or submit an <a href=\"#ct-enquiry\">enquiry<\/a>. Advice is available in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"ct-byline\"><em><a href=\"\/en\/justin-chua\/\">Justin Chua<\/a> (\u8521\u667a\u52cb), lawyer and mediator, Chua Tan Associates, Melbourne. 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