Just in Case Law
Just in Case Law
Tanya Chapman
SUCCESSION: Disentitling Conduct
19 minutes Posted Feb 26, 2023 at 10:22 pm.
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CASE: Adams v Adams [2001] NSWSC 456

Can an adult child's conduct be so reprehensible as to disentitle them from provision from a deceased's parents estate?

Meryl Adams died in 1999 and was survived by her 6 children. She left her estate to only one of them, her daughter Jennifer. 

When her other children applied to the court for a share of the estate, their past conduct and that of their mother became the focus of all attention. 

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