An appellate challenge based on 'compelling inferences' from a chain of facially neutral undisputed facts, where the trial judge has made a credibility determination accepting the respondent's evidence, faces a high hurdle. The alleged inferences must be truly compelling — it is insufficient that an inference of fraud could have been drawn if equally valid innocent inferences were also available. Emotional dependency alone does not satisfy the dependency requirement for grandchildren under s 6(1)(d) of the Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW).
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