1 Oct 2020
ENDEAN v ENDEAN [2020] NZHC 2575
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2575
- Court
- High Court
Expert geriatric psychiatric evidence and contemporaneous medical and solicitors' records established progressive cognitive decline and deficits in understanding, retention and appreciation of testamentary matters such that the presumption of capacity was displaced; applicants failed to establish requisite Banks v Goodfellow elements were met on 1 August 2018, therefore the 2018 will was invalid for lack of testamentary capacity and the 1994 will governs administration.