Family Provision Cases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOeUE9ZllK0 Keaton v Gumulak [2020] NSWSC 943 – Hallen J This case concerned a claim for provision by the deceased’s adult daughter. The deceased died on 31 May 2018. She left a Will dated 27 May 2018. The plaintiff was the first child of the deceased, having been born to the deceased and her first

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szaLcj522vE Lester & Ors v Lester & Ors; In the Estate of Dulcie Brown [2020] NSWSC 958 – Kunc J This case concerned four separate claims for provision from the estate of the late Dulcie Brown. The deceased died on 2 April 2017 and was survived by her three adult children, Sandra, Terry and Paul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqR3rhSLGTo Brindley v Wade (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 882 – Hallen J This case concerns a family provision application made by the deceased’s former spouse for provision from the deceased’s estate or notional estate. The deceased died in July 2018 leaving a Will, three children and two ex-wives who were eligible to make a claim

https://youtu.be/6leyc2O8Z80 Smith v Moore [2020] NSWSC 1446 – Williams J Facts: Yvonne Gwendoline Smith (‘the deceased’) passed away on 25 June 2018, leaving eight of her nine children and a Will dated 20 August 2014 (‘the Will’). The Will gifted pecuniary legacies to 6 of the deceased’s 8 surviving children and left the residue of her