The disproportion between gifts to children under a will is relevant to the adequacy assessment under s 9(2) of the Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW), but is not determinative: if the applicant has been provided with adequate provision for proper maintenance and advancement in life, the fact that another beneficiary received very much more does not give rise to an entitlement to further provision. The financial circumstances of a competing beneficiary's spouse need not be specifically addressed where their relevance to the adequacy question is limited.
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