Tag: succession law
Pandemic or Prejudice: FPA hearing vacated amid COVID-19 (ACT)
No Undue Influence + Mutual Wills: Appeal dismissed in Birch v Birch case (Qld)
Seeing is believing?: Will not seen by, or read to, deceased, upheld (VIC)
Family Affair: trust and property transfers set aside on bad faith and unconscionability (QLD)
Decisions, Decisions: ‘bad faith’ SMSF Trustee discretion decision set aside, Trustee removed
Catch and Release: Court considers when s33Z applies to a ‘purported’ Will (Qld)
Wife support: FPA by widow dismissed with costs (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)
“Probable intention”: Novel rectification case in ACT
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)
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
“There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” – Imposter Testator and the Supreme Court
