LRC Reports

Statutory Succession Rights (1983)

Keywords: succession; will; estate; testator; variation; intestate; spouse; intestacy; child; family; beneficiary; matrimonial home; administration; property; testators family maintenance; advancement; hotchpot; dependant; minor; dependants relief

This project examines the problems that arise when a person dies without making a valid will directing the distribution of all the estate, or makes a valid will unmindful of their responsibilities to family or dependants who survive them.

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