Background Our client, Mrs X, a single mother of five children, attended our office following the breakdown of her marriage. At the commencement of the relationship, our client sold her home and moved in with her new partner. Our client contributed the entirety of the proceeds of sale from her former home towards the husband’s […]
A financial management order refers to an order made by a Court, or the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, appointing a person, people or a body (sometimes the NSW Trustee and Guardian) to manage the finances and assets of another person. The person who is the subject of financial management orders will be suffering from […]
Over recent years the NSW Government has legalised the sale and use of Medicinal Cannabis. Supporters of these changes believe this is an important step forward for Australia and for NSW, with thousands of people now able to legally obtain Medicinal Cannabis to use for their medical conditions as approved by the Australian Therapeutic Goods […]
A Family Provision Act claim (FPA claim) is one of the main ways to challenge a Will. To make this sort of claim, a person must be an ‘eligible persons’, for example be the spouse or child of the will-maker (the Testator). It is a claim that founds itself on the idea that “adequate provision” […]
There are a few different ways to challenge a Will, one of the main ways is by making what is known as a family provision claim. Only certain people are eligible to bring these sorts of claims and children fall within this category. However, this does not mean a child will always be successful in […]
One of the ways to challenge a Will is to make what is called a Family Provision Act claim (FPA claim). Only particular people known as ‘eligible persons’ can make these sorts of claims, such as the spouse or partner of the will-maker (the Testator). However, even if a person is ordinarily ‘eligible’, he or […]
