25 Oct 2011
Estate of Rae v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2011] NZACC 324
- Court
- District Court
The term "other dependant" in s6(a) requires that financial dependency arise from a physical or mental condition; mere youth or normal childhood is not such a condition, and on the facts Caitlin was financially dependent on her mother not the deceased, therefore she is not an "other dependant" of the deceased.