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New Zealand Case Law

Moral duty in wills
  • 22 Jan 2019

    BEAN v BEAN [2019] NZHC 20

    Citation
    [2019] NZHC 20
    Court
    High Court

    The appeal is allowed and the Family Court application is struck out because the claimant's case is clearly untenable on the Family Protection Act: it primarily seeks to rewrite the deceased's will to reflect an asserted testamentary intention rather than to remedy a demonstrable breach of moral duty, and the claimant failed to plead or provide evidence of financial need such that relief for proper maintenance and support could be justified.