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Executors duties in will

When provision in a Will for an adult child is inadequate?

Will disputes

Have you been given a small gift in a Will but think you should receive more from your parent’s estate? In a recent case a...

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Executors duties in will

Family Provision Claims – who is considered a “Child”?

Will disputes

This is the third in a series of four blogs on family provision claims in Queensland. The first in the series went through the steps...

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Executors duties in will

Contesting a Will – Family Provision Application

Will disputes

The most common way of contesting a Will is by bringing a Family Provision Application (FPA) against a deceased estate. It is an Application where...

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What is a Family Provision Claim?

Will disputes

A family provision claim is an application to the Court where a person seeks a share, or greater share of an estate of someone that...

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What happens in a Family Provision Application (FPA) in QLD?

Will disputes

In Queensland 9/10 Family Provision Applications (FPAs) settle at a mediation, or shortly thereafter, rather than proceeding to a trial. Below is a list of...

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Have you been treated unfairly in a Will?

Will disputes

If you have been left out of a Will or think that you have been treated unfairly, then you may be eligible to make a...

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Executors duties in will

Additional provision ordered for daughter and former wife

Will disputes

In the matter of Stockwell v Beaumont; O’Donnell v Beaumont [2019] NSWSC 1811 the Supreme Court of New South Wales allowed a claim by the...

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Can an ex-spouse contest an estate?

Will disputes

The Succession Act 1981 (Qld) (the Succession Act) provides how deceased estates are administered in Queensland. If someone has been unfairly left out of a...

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I haven’t seen my mother in years – can she leave me out of her Will?

Will disputes

A general principle of New South Wales law is that a person has the freedom to choose who to leave their property to in their...

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Executors duties in will

Have you been left out of a Will?

Will disputes

Family provision claims If you have not been included as a beneficiary in someone’s Will you may be able to make a family provision claim...

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What is a caveat?

Will disputes

What is a caveat? A lady died, leaving a will made eleven years prior, naming her friend’s daughter as her executor and beneficiary of her...

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Mutual wills and revoking executors

An informal will admitted to probate

Will disputes

In a recent case in the Supreme Court of South Australia,[i] applicants commenced proceedings seeking that an informal will of a deceased person be admitted...

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