FPA judgment – DW v RW

Judgment delivered this morning in a family provision case I recently ran in Rockhampton. Read the case here.

The nature of interim payments pending resolution of family provision applications

In Suduk v Duncan & Ors [2013] QSC 85 the deceased‟s will provided for the payment of $40,000 pa to the applicant daughter during her lifetime.  The daughter brought a family provision application.  Pending its resolution the executors made interim payments to her equivalent to the amount of the annuity.  The application was settled and court orders were … Continue reading The nature of interim payments pending resolution of family provision applications