Mother of Bra Boy Cade Dallas is 'sitting on' a $30 million fortune that should be helping his son, judge says

THE mother of deceased Bra Boys surf gang member Cade Dallas is "sitting on" his $30 million estate rather than providing for his Adelaide-based son, a senior judge says.

THE mother of deceased Bra Boys surf gang member Cade Dallas is "sitting on" his $30 million estate rather than providing for his Adelaide-based son, a senior judge says.

Supreme Court Justice Tom Gray today said Kerrie Dallas' attitude toward the future of her grandson, Keanu, was "troubling".

He said he could not understand why Ms Dallas had put $155,000 of her son's estate into a Balinese trust account for Keanu, rather than transferring it to an Australian bank.

"We are dealing here with a child, his sustenance and education," Justice Gray said.

"(Ms Dallas) seems to be taking the view that she can sit on these monies, with her banker, and do nothing until the cows come home."

In March, adelaidenow reported Ms Dallas was being sued by her daughter-in-law, Veny Amelia, on Keanu's behalf.

Ms Amelia asserts that, at the time of his death in May 2012, Cade Dallas had a $30 million estate fuelled by the $100,000 a month turnover of his clothing chain, "Somewhere".

She says he had promised - both verbally and in a handwritten will signed with a smiley face - to fund Keanu's education at an Adelaide private school.

Ms Amelia further asserts Ms Dallas is using the estate to her own ends after being granted administrative powers by the Denpasar District Court.

Today Steven Thomas, for Ms Dallas, asked the court to grant a permanent stay of Ms Amelia's lawsuit.

He said the Supreme Court had no jurisdiction over the matter because his client was no longer an Australian resident.

"The appropriate forum is the court in Bali," he said.

"This (lawsuit) is causing serious and unjustified trouble for my client... it is unfairly burdensome for her to have to deal with these matters in two separate courts."

Mr Thomas said his client had been told, by her Balinese bank, that Indonesian law prevented Keanu from inheriting until he turned 18.

But Justice Gray said the Balinese court documents showed a judge had ordered Ms Dallas to provide for Keanu.

"Your client is preferring the advice of her bank to the orders of an Indonesian court," he said.

"I'm having trouble seeing how the interests of the child are being protected by this application of yours."

Justice Gray reserved his decision on the stay application.

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