A child won a share of her dad’s estate – despite planning to kill him
A 75 per cent success rate contesting wills is encouraging more family members to sue for a bigger share. Here’s how to protect your final wishes.
An estranged daughter devising a plan to murder her father with a crossbow was not enough to prevent her from successfully challenging his will and winning a share of his $12.4 million estate.
The Supreme Court of Victoria case highlights the difficulty of excluding a family member from a will as a near-$5 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer unfolds. Legal actions for a share – or bigger slice – of an estate is a big and growing business for lawyers who heavily advertise their services by encouraging litigants to test whether they got a “fair share” of an estate.
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