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Can You Give Up Your Right to Make a Family Provision Claim?
24 SEPTEMBER 2026 , CONTESTING A WILL , ESTATE DISPUTES , PROBATE & DECEASED ESTATESFamily members sometimes want to avoid future disputes about a person’s estate. One way of doing this is by signing a deed where a person agrees not to make a family provision claim in the future. In New South Wales, signing an agreement is not enough. Read more
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Son Makes Claim After Violent Past
14 AUGUST 2025 , CONTESTING A WILL , ESTATE DISPUTESMrs Bertilla Girotto died in 2022 at the age of 90. Her estate was valued at $3.6 million. 11 days before her death, Bertilla changed her will. Read more
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Son Kicked Out of Family Home Makes Claim
15 JULY 2025 , ESTATE DISPUTES , CONTESTING A WILL , WILLS & ESTATE PLANNINGA lady dies with most of her estate being held within the family home. Her youngest son is forced to leave the property, triggering a claim against the estate. Read more
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Estranged Son Demands Share of Estate
17 JUNE 2025 , ESTATE DISPUTES , CONTESTING A WILLAn estranged son made a $140,000 claim on his late mother’s $475,000 estate, arguing financial hardship and a lack of education and support. Read more
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Did you get what you expected under the will?
18 FEBRUARY 2025 , WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING , ESTATE DISPUTES , CONTESTING A WILLIn a case before the Court of Appeal in October 2023, a woman named Irene passed away, sparking a series of family disputes. Read more
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Is the Will Forged?
14 DECEMBER 2022 , ESTATE DISPUTES , CONTESTING A WILL , WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING , PROBATE & DECEASED ESTATESIn a recent case, a husband and a wife had been married for nearly thirty years with four children. The husband owned a panel beating business and a range of commercial interests including the operation of tow trucks and considerable property holdings, all of which made him wealthy. The man died. His will left the entire $22 million estate to one of his sons. Nothing was left to his wife or other children. The beneficiary son obtained probate. Read more
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Inheritance Lost Because of No Binding Death Benefit Nomination!
06 APRIL 2021 , ESTATE DISPUTES , CONTESTING A WILL , PROBATE & DECEASED ESTATESIn 2013 a woman died. She was the mother of a son who was bankrupt. Her will stated that the bankrupt son was to be the executor of her estate and the sole beneficiary. In addition to this, the mother had not made a Binding Death Benefit nomination for her superannuation. This meant that the payment of the superannuation would be decided by the trustees of the super fund. Read more
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When a Secret Lover Appears after Death, What Can They Claim?
08 DECEMBER 2020 , WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING , CONTESTING A WILL , ESTATE DISPUTES , PROBATE & DECEASED ESTATESIn 2018 a man died without a will. He had three children. He had separated from his wife eight years prior to his death. Despite separating, the two were not divorced. Not long after the man’s death, his family was shocked to find that their father had a secret lover who they had never met or heard of. She made a claim on their father’s estate. Read more
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Will Making Capacity is Not Black and White!
04 AUGUST 2020 , CONTESTING A WILL , WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING , PROBATE & DECEASED ESTATES , ESTATE DISPUTESA father had six daughters. He made a will dividing his estate equally between the six of them. In 2013 he changed his will to give $40,000.00 to each of five of the daughters, and the rest of his $3,000,000.00 estate to his remaining daughter. Read more
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Will Your Executor Do the Right Thing?
11 MARCH 2019 , CONTESTING A WILL , LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION , ESTATE DISPUTESDifficult disputes can arise when administering an estate, your choice of executors could be key to avoiding a will challenge. Read more
