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When a person dies without a will (intestate), the law provides rules about who inherits the estate. But what happens when a person claims to be the deceased’s de facto partner and wants to either administer the estate or make a family provision claim under the Succession Act 2006 (NSW)? The case of...
Not only can an estate challenge be made by someone who is a blood relative of the deceased (so long as they satisfy one of the categories of relatives set out in the definition of “eligible person”, as defined in section 57 of the Succession Act 2006 (NSW)), but it can also be made by someone who i...
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