Executors can enter into many types of arrangements to satisfy a disgruntled family member who files a family provi...
Court awards adult child further provision from father’s $2.8m estate
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The 64-yr-old son of a former Brisbane sales-manager has succeeded in a Supreme Court action against his younger si...
Rectification of will to fix solicitor’s error gives effect to will’s intention
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Geoff Metamanos and his fiancee Julie Wilstonton lost their lives along with three others in a tragic helicopter cr...
DIY will struck down in capacity contest among feuding step-siblings
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A recent contest over which of two wills should be approved by the court for the distribution of a deceased estate ...
“Such of my children as survive me….”: when is there a “contrary intention”?
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Gifts to children by will are frequently accommodated using the time-honoured expression “…to such my children as s...
No go for unsigned will with no proof of intention it would operate regardless
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An unsigned testamentary document can be validated by a court even where there has been no attempt to have it signe...