Why do people contest estates?
Our contested estate clients come from all walks of life and involve a wide variety of family dynamics and family configurations.
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Foster Child Receives $85,684 After Successfully Contesting a Will
Foster children are eligible to contest a deceased’s will if they were wholly or partly dependent upon the deceased at any time during their life, and if they also lived...
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Case Summary: Penninger v Penninger [2017] NSWSC 892
On 6 July 2017, the Supreme Court of NSW handed down its decision in the case of Penninger v Penninger [2017] NSWSC 892. In this case, the plaintiff was the daughter...
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The Forfeiture Rule Explained: Allison Baden-Clay Case Study
In February 2017, by application of the forfeiture rule, the Brisbane Supreme Court ordered that Gerard Baden-Clay had no right to his wife's estate...
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Case Summary: Madison Ashton v Estate of the late Richard Pratt
Adrian Corbould, a lawyer at Turnbull Hill, provides a case summary of the Court case involving Richard Pratt's estate and a Sydney escort by the name of Madison Ashton.
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$732,133.76 reasons why an Executor should obtain the best legal advice…
In a Decision of the NSW Supreme Court handed down on 31 January 2013, a Judge has ordered a person who obtained a Grant of Probate of a Will, and...
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