Subjects:

Other Jurisdictions , Australia

Contents:

Historical background

Approach to claims generally

Approach in particular circumstances

Particular applicants

Time limits

Duties of the Personal Representative

Miscellaneous Considerations

Orders

Appeals

Costs

Procedure

Family Provision in Australia 3rd Ed is an easy-to-use, practical guide for legal practitioners detailing the practice and procedure of family provision law on a state-by-state basis. The text incorporates a comprehensive checklist, case tables, forms, precedents and a reproduction of state and territory family provision legislation.

The new edition expands the class of particular applicants and includes more detailed case tables summarising judicial decisions for each class. In particular the text highlights, the courts attitudes in regards to orders in large estates, to same sex relationships, to step children, to persons suffering from intellectual disability, and to cases where there has been an estrangement between the applicant and the testator.