Tag: estate litigation
Pandemic or Prejudice: FPA hearing vacated amid COVID-19 (ACT)
Decision Impossible: FPA by disabled son against widow, forcing sale of family home in notional estate (NSW)
Duty Bound: solicitor’s duty to beneficiary of incapable testator after inter vivos transfer
Danger Zone: costs against plaintiff in FPA in small estate (NSW)
Missing element: High Court orders new trial in solemn form probate proceedings; denial of procedural fairness
What is “Contemplation of marriage”: Marriage revokes Will in blended family (NSW)
FPA 7 years out of time: Allowed on Appeal (WA)
“Divorced from reality”: Appeal allowed in former spouse FPA claim (NSW)
Selfless surrender: defacto partner applies for Statutory Will to benefit mother and sisters (NSW)
The Unsent Text Message Will: Is it really that simple? No – it’s really not! (QLD)
Excluded child’s claim dismissed: 40 years of estrangement after bitter divorce (NSW)
No Will, no way?: Court refuses application for statutory Will in large estate (Qld)
Child of de facto spouse = Step-child in FPA; Decision upheld on Appeal (VIC)
Burden of secrets: Claim for secret trust within an FPA by grandchild (NSW)
Dare to Care: Close personal relationship in FPA (NSW)
Competing Relationships: Needs of De Facto vs Adult Children
Escaping the Nest: Abandoning a right to reside and FPA 15 years out of time
Worldy Wisdom: Why a pro forma will still ends up in Court
