So, You’re Bankrupt: Can You still Make a Family Provision Claim?
Bankruptcy will affect your ability to make a family provision claim. If you become bankrupt...
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What are International Wills: Do You Need One?
No, they are not the same. A foreign will is a will made in accordance...
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Dying Without a Will: The Rules of Intestacy
Dying without leaving a will is called dying intestate. Roughly one in two Australian adults...
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Who Decides What Happens to my Body After I Die?
You cannot “give” away your body under your will, and your control over your body...
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Out-of-Pocket: Capping Costs in Family Provision
The Court may make orders capping the costs recoverable by a party in family provision...
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The Executor Won’t Seek Probate of the Will: What Can I Do?
If the executor won’t apply for probate, as a beneficiary you have two options. Serve...
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Huxtable v Hawkins: The “Living Together” Requirement
Huxtable v Hawkins demonstrates, the living together requirement may be established despite the fact that...
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Can I Claim Family Provision if I Recevied an Early Inhertiance?
Most family provision claims concern the distribution of the deceased’s estate after their passing. So...
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