The case provides a comprehensive summary of the principles applicable to family provision claims by adult children and grandchildren under the Succession Act 2006 (NSW). For grandchildren, the 'factors warranting' threshold under s 59(1)(b) requires more than a normal grandparent-grandchild relationship; the deceased must have assumed a position more akin to that of a parent with direct responsibility for the grandchild's support and welfare, or undertaken a continuing and substantial responsibility to support the grandchild financially or emotionally. An equal division of a small estate between two children will not ordinarily be disturbed where both have competing needs.
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