30 Jun 2020
ESTATE OF TURK [2020] NZHC 1495
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1495
- Court
- High Court
Caveator raised sufficient doubt about the deceased's testamentary capacity based on consistency of prior wills, medical notes indicating cognitive impairment after 2008, contemporaneous reports of decline around 2014–2015, and the inadequacy of the three-line GP certificate; accordingly the order nisi should not be made absolute and the executors must apply for probate in solemn form with full medical disclosure.