GREG and Mary have been in a de facto relationship for 13 years. There are no children to the relationship. Greg purchases their Smith Street home in joint names early in the relationship and they live there together until their relationship breaks-down. A dispute arises in relation to the division of their

JULIE and Brian were married on the Trent Bridge cricket ground in the United Kingdom, and moved to Australia to begin a life in the sunshine. They became successful businesspeople, enabling them to frequently visit their family and friends in the UK, every year or so. After retiring from day-to-day business activities,

BARBARA has two children, David and Peter. Unfortunately, Peter suffered a debilitating brain injury as a result of a motor vehicle accident. He has since been found by NCAT to be incapable of managing his affairs and the New South Wales Trustee has been appointed as his financial manager. Peter receives funding

JOHN finds an investment property for sale for $300,000. He discusses the purchase of the property with his eighteen-year-old daughter, Natalie, who as a first home buyer, is eligible for a Stamp Duty exemption. John offers to give Natalie $75,000 towards the purchase of the property and to pay $1,400

DAVID and Helen live in the same apartment complex. A relationship develops and they begin dating. They start sleeping over at each other’s unit and they exchange keys. After a couple of years, they begin going on holidays together. They attend social and business functions together, regularly dine-out and exchange gifts. David

GREGORY makes a will at the age of 80 years, leaving the contents of his garage and his motor vehicle to his son, David. He leaves the rest of his substantial estate to his daughter, Penny, and appoints her as his executor. When Gregory passes away, David lodges a caveat in

Kids miss-out under terms of will COMING up to this column’s ten-year anniversary, here is a remaster of the very first article. Jack and Jill have been in a de facto relationship for a few years. They each have two children to a previous relationship. They discuss their Wills with each other

MARY passes away after a three-year bout with cancer. She leaves two adult children, David and Julie. Julie lived with Mary for fifteen years prior to her death. Mary’s will gifts her four-bedroom home to Julie and only makes nominal provision for David. There is a mortgage on Mary’s home, with