Category: Queensland
Changes to decisionmaker laws to commence soon (QLD)
New audio-visual witnessing for Wills and Enduring Documents in QLD amid COVID-19
No Undue Influence + Mutual Wills: Appeal dismissed in Birch v Birch case (Qld)
Conduct that disentitles: son’s application for FPA fails (QLD)
Family Affair: trust and property transfers set aside on bad faith and unconscionability (QLD)
New legislative changes for Attorneys and Administrators
Catch and Release: Court considers when s33Z applies to a ‘purported’ Will (Qld)
Renewable Power: Court permits Attorney to renew superannuation nomination (QLD)
The Unsent Text Message Will: Is it really that simple? No – it’s really not! (QLD)
No Will, no way?: Court refuses application for statutory Will in large estate (Qld)
“Child Support”: Effect on earning capacity and meaning of “Support” in an FPA (Qld)
Important Amendments to Qld Succession Laws: a sign of the times
A Shared Life: Family provision claim by same-sex defacto of 30 years
Competing Relationships: Needs of De Facto vs Adult Children
Worldy Wisdom: Why a pro forma will still ends up in Court
Timing is everything: FPA out of time by 10 days allowed on appeal
Lost time is never found again: FPA 63 days out of time dismissed
