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  • Son Makes Claim After Violent Past By Wal Abramowicz

    Son Makes Claim After Violent Past

    14 AUGUST 2025 , CONTESTING A WILL , ESTATE DISPUTES

    Mrs 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

  • Son Kicked Out of Family Home Makes Claim By Wal Abramowicz

    Son Kicked Out of Family Home Makes Claim

    15 JULY 2025 , ESTATE DISPUTES , CONTESTING A WILL , WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING

    A 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

  • Estranged Son Demands Share of Estate By Wal Abramowicz

    Estranged Son Demands Share of Estate

    17 JUNE 2025 , ESTATE DISPUTES , CONTESTING A WILL

    An 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

  • When A Creditor Wants Control By Wal Abramowicz

    When A Creditor Wants Control

    13 MAY 2025 , ESTATE DISPUTES

    A recent case in the NSW Supreme Court displayed the challenges which arise when a person dies without a will. When a person dies without a will, they are said to have died intestate. Read more

  • Avoiding A Gift Failing By Wal Abramowicz

    Avoiding A Gift Failing

    16 APRIL 2025 , ESTATE DISPUTES

    The NSW Supreme Court recently found that in certain circumstances a gift left in a will can still go to the right person even if the asset no longer exists when the person dies Read more

  • Gift or Unconscionability? By Wal Abramowicz

    Gift or Unconscionability?

    21 MARCH 2025 , ESTATE DISPUTES

    In a recent case decided by the Supreme Court of NSW, a woman named Sophie died on 24 December 2022 at the age of 82. Sophie had a son named Andrew and two daughters, Mary and Margaret. Andrew, took care of their mother, Sophie, before she died. Read more

  • Did you get what you expected under the will? By Wal Abramowicz

    Did you get what you expected under the will?

    18 FEBRUARY 2025 , WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING , ESTATE DISPUTES , CONTESTING A WILL

    In a case before the Court of Appeal in October 2023, a woman named Irene passed away, sparking a series of family disputes. Read more

  • Is the Will Forged?

    14 DECEMBER 2022 , ESTATE DISPUTES , CONTESTING A WILL , WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING , PROBATE & DECEASED ESTATES

    In 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

  • Do You Have Assets Overseas? Beware of the Cost of Not Having a Will!

    28 JUNE 2022 , WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING , ESTATE DISPUTES , PROBATE & DECEASED ESTATES

    In a recent case, a man died in Australia. He left behind a wife and two children, and an estate valued at over $50,000,000.00. He had assets in Australia, Hong Kong and China. He had not made a will to specify how his assets were to be divided after his death. Read more

  • Can a Child, Unborn When the Parent Dies, Still Inherit?

    16 NOVEMBER 2021 , WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING , ESTATE DISPUTES , PROBATE & DECEASED ESTATES

    In a recent case a husband and wife were trying to have children by IVF. Five embryos were produced. One of the embryos was successfully implanted and the wife gave birth to a child. The remaining four embryos were frozen. Read more