Australia, May 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 30:
1. These proceedings concern an application for a family provision order under Chapter 3 of the Succession Act 2006 NSW made by a grandson of a deceased person who died testate without making provision in his will for the plaintiff, although the plaintiff (in common with the deceased's other grandchildren) was named as a default beneficiary in the event that the deceased's principal beneficiary (his one surviving child, a son) predeceased him.
2. The application has a number of hurdles standing in the way of success:
a) The plaintiff's application (made by a summons) was filed 13 weeks outside the time (12 months after the ...