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Michele Davis

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Tag: estate litigation

August 27, 2020

Family Values: successful FPA by trans woman, following estrangement & disharmony among family (VIC)

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March 27, 2020March 27, 2020

Pandemic or Prejudice: FPA hearing vacated amid COVID-19 (ACT)

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November 4, 2019February 20, 2020

Decision Impossible: FPA by disabled son against widow, forcing sale of family home in notional estate (NSW)

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July 26, 2019July 26, 2019

Duty Bound: solicitor’s duty to beneficiary of incapable testator after inter vivos transfer

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July 22, 2019July 22, 2019

Danger Zone: costs against plaintiff in FPA in small estate (NSW)

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August 16, 2018October 12, 2019

Missing element: High Court orders new trial in solemn form probate proceedings; denial of procedural fairness

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July 10, 2018

What is “Contemplation of marriage”: Marriage revokes Will in blended family (NSW)

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March 28, 2018April 5, 2018

FPA 7 years out of time: Allowed on Appeal (WA)

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December 15, 2017December 15, 2017

“Divorced from reality”: Appeal allowed in former spouse FPA claim (NSW)

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December 4, 2017

Selfless surrender: defacto partner applies for Statutory Will to benefit mother and sisters (NSW)

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October 30, 2017October 12, 2019

The Unsent Text Message Will: Is it really that simple? No – it’s really not! (QLD)

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October 26, 2017October 26, 2017

Excluded child’s claim dismissed: 40 years of estrangement after bitter divorce (NSW)

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September 26, 2017

No Will, no way?: Court refuses application for statutory Will in large estate (Qld)

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May 11, 2017October 12, 2019

Child of de facto spouse = Step-child in FPA; Decision upheld on Appeal (VIC)

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May 10, 2017October 12, 2019

Burden of secrets: Claim for secret trust within an FPA by grandchild (NSW)

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May 5, 2017May 5, 2017

Dare to Care: Close personal relationship in FPA (NSW)

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April 28, 2017May 10, 2017

Competing Relationships: Needs of De Facto vs Adult Children

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March 19, 2017

Escaping the Nest: Abandoning a right to reside and FPA 15 years out of time

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March 1, 2017February 24, 2020

Worldy Wisdom: Why a pro forma will still ends up in Court

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February 7, 2017October 12, 2019

Timing is everything: FPA out of time by 10 days allowed on appeal

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