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New Zealand Case Law

Valuation of lifetime benefits
  • 20 Mar 2019

    WARE v REID AND HARRIS [2019] NZHC 506

    Citation
    [2019] NZHC 506
    Court
    High Court

    The will provided adequate provision for the applicant; there was no breach of the deceased's moral duty as judged by the objective standard of a wise and just testator, and the Court will not use the Act to equalise family wealth by forensic CPI adjustments or by enforcing the testator's subjective testamentary intentions; claim dismissed.

    • Family protection act 1955
    • Adequate provision
    • Moral duty
    • Testamentary intention
    • Valuation of lifetime benefits