Tag: succession lawyer brisbane
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)
Decision Impossible: FPA by disabled son against widow, forcing sale of family home in notional estate (NSW)
Screen Test: Court of Appeal prefers lawyer’s evidence over medical on testamentary capacity (NSW)
New legislative changes for Attorneys and Administrators
Optional Extra: Court held exercise of Option to Purchase not done properly
Catch and Release: Court considers when s33Z applies to a ‘purported’ Will (Qld)
Renewable Power: Court permits Attorney to renew superannuation nomination (QLD)
Missing element: High Court orders new trial in solemn form probate proceedings; denial of procedural fairness
“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)
“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
Child of de facto spouse = Step-child in FPA; Decision upheld on Appeal (VIC)
Blood thicker than water: novel intestacy case in NSW, Aboriginal half-sisters vs adoptive half-sisters
“There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” – Imposter Testator and the Supreme Court
