1 Mar 2019
KINNEY v PARDINGTON [2019] NZHC 317
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 317
- Court
- High Court
The Court found the deceased breached his moral duty by concealing paternity, failing to provide meaningful support beyond statutory child support, tolerating and contributing to psychological harm, and providing no benefit from the family trust; given the claimant's necessitous circumstances, lack of historic benefit from the trust and the primacy of the parent-child relation, the minimum necessary to remedy the breach was 70% of the agreed estate value; estate valued at NZD 615,000 and any deduction for estate administration costs and adjustments reserved for further submissions.