Succession Act 2006

The following are eligible persons who may apply to the Court for a family provision order in respect of the estate of a deceased person—

a person who was the spouse of the deceased person at the time of the deceased person’s death,

a person with whom the deceased person was living in a de facto relationship at the time of the deceased person’s death,

a child of the deceased person,

a former spouse of the deceased person,

a person—

who was, at any particular time, wholly or partly dependent on the deceased person, and

who is a grandchild of the deceased person or was, at that particular time or at any other time, a member of the household of which the deceased person was a member,

a person with whom the deceased person was living in a close personal relationship at the time of the deceased person’s death.

In this section, a reference to a child of a deceased person includes, if the deceased person was in a de facto relationship, or a domestic relationship within the meaning of the Property (Relationships) Act 1984, at the time of death, a reference to the following—

a child born as a result of sexual relations between the parties to the relationship,

a child adopted by both parties,

in the case of a de facto relationship between a man and a woman, a child of the woman of whom the man is the father or of whom the man is presumed, by virtue of the Status of Children Act 1996, to be the father (except where the presumption is rebutted),

in the case of a de facto relationship between 2 women, a child of whom both of those women are presumed to be parents by virtue of the Status of Children Act 1996,

a child for whose long-term welfare both parties have parental responsibility (within the meaning of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998).