Little v Little

[2026] NSWSC 36

Supreme Court of NSW

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Catchwords

1. Succession
2. › Family provision
3. › Nature of orders
4. › Apportionment of burden of provision
5. › Evaluative decision on material facts including s 60(2) factors
6. › Whether burden should fall entirely on one beneficiary
7. › Whether burden jurisdiction may be exercised to produce per stirpes distribution
8. › Succession Act 2006 (NSW), ss 59, 60(2), 65(1)(c), 66(2), 72(2)
1. Succession
2. › Family provision
3. › Apportionment of burden of provision
4. › Historical development of burden principles
5. › Transition from default rateable burden under TFM Act to mandatory specification under Succession Act
6. › Testator's Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act 1916 (NSW), s 6(2)
7. › Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW), s 13
8. › Succession Act 2006 (NSW), s 65(1)(c)
1. Succession
2. › Family provision
3. › Parties
4. › Joinder of beneficiaries
5. › Whether beneficiaries should be joined to address apportionment of burden
6. › Sufficient reason for joinder
7. › Succession Act 2006 (NSW), Sch J subcl 1(b), 2(a)
1. Words and Phrases
2. › Distribution per stirpes
3. › Distribution per capita
4. › Carriage order
5. › Just and equitable

Quick Take

Under s 65(1)(c) of the Succession Act 2006 (NSW), allocation of burden of a family provision order is an evaluative decision on all material facts including s 60(2) factors without presumed prioritisation of any consideration, and the burden jurisdiction cannot be exercised to produce a per stirpes distribution equalising family branches.