Robyn Elizabeth Buttrose in legal row with family members
The matriarch of Sydney’s well-known Buttrose clan is embroiled in a NSW Supreme Court case involving members of her family. Media maven Ita is not named in the suit.
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A legal spat is brewing within Sydney’s well-known Buttrose clan, with the matriarch of the family taking two of her children to the NSW Supreme Court.
Robyn Elizabeth Buttrose, the sister-in-law of media identity Ita Buttrose, is listed as the plaintiff in the proceedings alongside the NSW Trustee and Guardian against two of her adult children, Evie and Richard.
Evie, who works as a director at law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth and was born Katherine but goes by her middle name, had previously been acting as her mother’s power of attorney before the NSW Trustee and Guardian began managing her money more recently.
Robyn Elizabeth, who goes by Elizabeth, suffered multiple major strokes almost a decade ago that left her with major health problems.
She is living in care in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, not far from the Parsley Bay family home in which she and late husband, Will, brought up their children.
She is also mother to Lizzie Buttrose. The NSW Trustee and Guardian is a state government agency that can be appointed as someone’s financial manager.
The case will include details of what obligations Evie had to her mother while acting as her power of attorney.
The case is listed before a NSW Supreme Court registrar next Tuesday.
Will Buttrose, a high-profile economics commentator, died in May 2006 after a two-year battle with cancer. He left his estate, including a number of properties, to his wife.
It is the latest court issue for the Buttrose family, with Richard having spent nine years in prison after his arrest for supplying cocaine to Sydney’s celebrity and social set.
He is understood to be estranged from his two siblings, but remains close with his famous aunt and earlier this year appeared as a contestant on SAS Australia.
He is now studying law.
Lizzie Buttrose, meanwhile, is not listed as a defendant in the proceedings.
She, too, is no stranger to courtroom drama and has previously faced court after being charged with drink driving.
In 2017, she was also fined $1000 for pushing a police officer during a drunken argument with her then-fiance.
The Daily Telegraph approached Richard and Evie Buttrose for comment.
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