Issues concerning a will-maker’s “capacity” usually relate to dementia and the like. Sometimes though, they travers...
Brothers do battle: mother’s will excluding one, prepared by other’s lawyer
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The party who seeks to propound a will must establish that the will maker had the requisite legal capacity at the t...
Solicitor rescues will under capacity cloud with recall of lucid instructions
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The Supreme Court of Queensland has ruled for the second time in recent months that a will maker had the requisite ...
DIY will struck down in capacity contest among feuding step-siblings
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A recent contest over which of two wills should be approved by the court for the distribution of a deceased estate ...
Court made wills – just when do you lack capacity to do it for yourself?
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A Queensland Court has ruled on the terms of a will it declared should be made for a 50-yr-old woman left catastrophically injured by a 2015 motor vehicle accident and awarded $10 million
Video wills OK but don’t forget the legalities
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A Supreme Court has been asked to rule on the testamentary validity of a video recording produced two years after probate