1 Aug 2017
ESTATE OF WINIFRED ISABELLA O’CARROLL [2017] NZHC 1797
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 1797
- Court
- High Court
The Court was satisfied the unsigned April 2011 draft will (the Unsigned Will) reflected the deceased's settled testamentary intentions except for clause 5.1 which incorrectly recorded equalised loans; accordingly the Unsigned Will was declared the valid last will under s14 and clause 5.1 was corrected under s31 to record $100,000 to each nephew and $50,000 to each niece; clause 7(b) was also rectified to replace "nieces and nephews and grand-nieces and grand-nephews" with "children and grandchildren" to reflect the deceased's intention to limit the residuary class to the children and grandch…