28 Sept 2022
RE ESTATE EBERT [2022] NZHC 2485
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 2485
- Court
- High Court
The contested document was validated under s14 Wills Act 2007 because contemporaneous medical and witness evidence established Andrea had testamentary capacity and intended the dispositions set out; for relationship property purposes the Life Insurance Policy is valued at date of separation (nil) and the post-separation increase on death is not relationship property, so proceeds vest in the estate subject to specified deductions; Cintra Place sale proceeds are relationship property subject to the parents' 31.3% proportionate interest, occupational rent and outgoings adjustments, and offsets r…