Squire v Squire

• 1. Succession
  2. › Family provision
  3. › Adequate provision for proper maintenance and advancement in life
  4. › Adult children of deceased
  5. › Whether nil provision under will was adequate
  6. › Effect of separation and informal financial settlement on competing claims
  7. › Succession Act 2006 (NSW), ss 59, 60, 61
• 1. Succession
  2. › Family provision
  3. › Separated spouse
  4. › Whether informal division of assets constituted final financial settlement
  5. › Whether obligation to make testamentary provision terminated by settlement
  6. › Succession Act 2006 (NSW), ss 59, 60
• 1. Succession
  2. › Notional estate
  3. › Jointly held property
  4. › Right of survivorship
  5. › Whether deceased's share of sale proceeds should be designated as notional estate
  6. › Whether relevant property transaction directly disadvantaged eligible persons
  7. › Succession Act 2006 (NSW), ss 75, 76, 77, 80, 83, 87, 88, 89
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Standard of appellate review
  3. › Family provision orders
  4. › Discretionary decision
  5. › Whether primary judge's evaluation miscarried
  6. › House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499

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