by Jeneve Frizzo | Oct 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
What happens when an original will is lost? Well – it depends. If the original will was last known to be in the possession of the testator, then it is presumed that the will was destroyed by the testator with the intention of revoking it. In simple words, that...
by Jeneve Frizzo | Jul 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
I have just been reading a relatively new case from the Supreme Court in Townsville where the court was called upon to make orders for funeral arrangements for a deceased person. One of the reasons that the court was called upon to make orders, was that the deceased...
by Jeneve Frizzo | Jul 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pet lovers enjoy strong and loving bonds with their animals, and some people worry what’s going to happen to their pet after they die. We recently saw a will which included a direction that a much loved dog be put down as soon as possible after the...
by Jeneve Frizzo | Jun 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Recently, executors of a small deceased estate sought summary dismissal of a family provision application which appeared doomed to fail. The estate was small, and the competing claim of the sole beneficiary, who was the deceased’s widow, was strong. The...
by Jeneve Frizzo | Jun 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
It is commonly believed that the costs of estate disputes come out of the estate, but this is not always the case. Legal costs are complex, to say the least, but one thing for sure is that there are no guarantees that costs will be paid out of the estate. Often estate...
