Is your Will really your final Word?
According to SBS’ Insight program, new research has revealed that around 75% of challenges to Wills are successful. The significant majority of successful challenges to Wills are ‘Family Provision Applications’.
A ‘Family Provision’ Application is an application to the Supreme Court for ‘further’ provision from a person’s estate (‘further’ in the sense that the applicant seeks, via the Application, more from the estate than they were granted under the Will).
Last night’s episode of Insight discussed whether a person’s Will is really their ‘final word’.
http://www.sbs.com.au/n…/insight/tvepisode/where-theres-will
This article was published by Kyle Barram on 3 August 2016. Kyle is a Wills and Estates Lawyer based in Townsville.