Partial dependency under s 6(1)(d) of the Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) can be established by the provision of accommodation in a house owned by the deceased, even where the claimant was working and paying nominal board. Membership of a household can be established through repeated returns to the household during a turbulent youth, notwithstanding intervening periods of absence, where the degree of continuity and permanency of mutual living arrangements is sufficient. For an adult stepson with adequate earning capacity but no capital assets, who left the household approximately 27-30 years before the testator's death and whose relationship had faded significantly, provision of $35,000 as a reserve against contingencies was appropriate from an estate of approximately $440,000.
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