by Reception | Dec 2, 2021 | Estate Disputes, Family Disputes, Will Challenges
The Statutory Will Solution to Incapacity Re MTX 2020 QSC 117 and the court application that could save your estate money Any will professional worth their salt will tell you to avoid a court application if you can. Allowing a Judge to make a decision on an estate can...
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by Reception | Oct 20, 2021 | Estate Disputes, Family Disputes, Will Challenges, Wills
The Fox Family & Their Father’s Missing Will Re Fox [2020] QSC 30 If you’re looking for tales of drama, mystery and intrigue then the Supreme Court of Queensland’s Succession law cases have it all. Despite good intentions, failing to update your will and your...
by Reception | Nov 28, 2017 | Estate Disputes, Family Disputes, Will Challenges, Wills
A family estate battle threatened to erupt over the will of cricketing star Richie Benaud, before all parties agreed on a settlement. The cricketing legend and commentator Richie Benaud died aged 84, and was allegedly worth tens of millions of dollars at the time of...
by Reception | Apr 21, 2016 | Estate Disputes, Estate Planning, Family Disputes, Wills
Can you cut family members out of a will? The Adult Child of a First Marriage Is Often Cut Out Of A Step-Parent’s Will A particular dilemma often faced by older people in second marriages is how to provide for their partner after they die, while still making...
by Reception | Feb 24, 2016 | Elder Abuse, Family Disputes
The New South Wales Parliamentary Inquiry into elder abuse has heard that the problem is rife, hearing that an estimated 50,000 NSW seniors have experienced some form of violence, exploitation or neglect, most often perpetrated by a trusted family member. Nursing...
by Reception | Jan 21, 2016 | Estate Disputes, Family Disputes, Will Challenges, Wills
The headlines were scandalous and compelling. The heir to the Fontainebleau Hotel fortune had been brutally murdered, only months after his own mother had died in suspicious circumstances. His wife Narcy was charged and convicted with both murders. On July 12, 2009,...
