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Giving It Away To Keep It Safe: What A Recent Court Of Appeal Decision Means For Protecting Your Estate From Family Disputes
Many parents worry about what will happen to their hard-earned assets after they die. Some worry, in particular, that one of their children may challenge their will and unravel the careful plans they have made. One approach (but fairly extreme strategy), is to restructure assets during their lifetime, transferring property or control of family trusts to a trusted child so that there is less in the estate for anyone to fight over. But can those lifetime transfers themselves be unwound later, on the basis that the parent was taken advantage of?
Australia Family
BP
Bartier Perry
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Costs Capping In NSW Family Provision Claims - Your Costs May Not Be Recoverable In Full
The NSW Supreme Court is increasingly capping legal costs in family provision proceedings, especially in smaller estates. Two recent Supreme Court decisions, Lord v Craig [2026] NSWSC 17 (Lord) and Re Estate Weinberger [2026] NSWSC 158 (Weinberger) illustrate why the Court is taking control of legal costs in family provision cases and the likely impact on parties and practitioners involved in those cases going forwards.
Australia Family
BP
Bartier Perry
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Giving It Away To Keep It Safe: What A Recent Court Of Appeal Decision Means For Protecting Your Estate From Family Disputes
Many parents worry about what will happen to their hard-earned assets after they die. Some worry, in particular, that one of their children may challenge their will and unravel the careful plans they have made. One approach (but fairly extreme strategy), is to restructure assets during their lifetime, transferring property or control of family trusts to a trusted child so that there is less in the estate for anyone to fight over. But can those lifetime transfers themselves be unwound later, on the basis that the parent was taken advantage of?
Australia Family
BP
Bartier Perry
Article
Costs Capping In NSW Family Provision Claims - Your Costs May Not Be Recoverable In Full
The NSW Supreme Court is increasingly capping legal costs in family provision proceedings, especially in smaller estates. Two recent Supreme Court decisions, Lord v Craig [2026] NSWSC 17 (Lord) and Re Estate Weinberger [2026] NSWSC 158 (Weinberger) illustrate why the Court is taking control of legal costs in family provision cases and the likely impact on parties and practitioners involved in those cases going forwards.
Australia Family
BP
Bartier Perry
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Do Schools And Childcare Have To Follow Parenting Orders?
Parenting orders under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) (“the Act”) determine post separation living arrangements for a child, allocation of parental responsibility, and may include orders about education, such as which school a child/ren should attend. Courts have emphasised that parents must take positive action to ensure children spend time with or live with each parent in accordance with parenting orders.
Australia Family
BP
Bartier Perry
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