Contested Wills & Estates

To give you a sense of the types of matters we can handle, our experience includes the following:

• advising on, and representing clients in, claims under the Family Provision Act;
• advising executors, administrators and trustees of their obligations in each of those capacities, both before and during any anticipated litigation.
• advising clients on the validity of a will in the context of questions as to testamentary capacity, undue influnce and informal wills, including the necessary Court applications required to prove a will;
• advising ‘next friends’ and ‘guardians ad litem’ acting on behalf of infant beneficiaries;
• advising on the utility of DNA evidence when a relationship with the deceased is in issue;
• assisting with superannuation and death benefit disputes;
• appointment of guardians and administrators under the Guardianship and Administration Act.