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Family Provision in Australia

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Family Provision in Australia

Author(s): de Groot, J; Nickel, B

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Publisher :LexisNexis
Format: Practitioner, Hardcover , Book
ISBN: 9780409323948
September, 2007

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Family Provision in Australia - 3rd Edition 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.

* 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

de Groot, J

John K de Groot BA, LLB (Qld), PhD (Qld) is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Queensland and Special Counsel to de Groots, Wills and Estate Lawyers.