Law of succession / Gino Dal Pont.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis Australia, 2021.

3rd edition

200560

Estates (Law) -- Australia.

Wills -- Australia.

Part I: Wills and Intestacy

1. Nature of a Will

2. Mental Elements

3. Statutory Wills

4. Formal Elements

5. Revocation and Amendment of Wills

6. Republication and Revival of Wills

7. Gifts by Will

8. Construction of Wills

9. Intestacy

Part II: Personal Representatives

10. The Office of Personal Representative

11. Grants of Representation

12. Duties of Personal Representatives

13. Powers and Entitlements of Personal Representative

14. Allocation and Distribution of Estate

Part III: Family Provision

15. Concept of Family Provision

16. Eligibility to Apply for Family Provision

17. Applications for Family Provision

18. Particular Classes of Applicants

19. Relevant Considerations in Making Order

20. Family Provision Orders

Part IV: Miscellaneous Matters

21. A Statutory History of Wills in England and Australia (Contributed by Stefan Petrow, Formerly Professor School of Humanities, University of Tasmania)

22. Conflicts of Law in Succession

23. Costs in Matters Involving Deceased Estates

24. Succession Lawyers’ Responsibility and Liability.

Law of Succession states the principles of modern succession law with the requisite detail, clarity, rigour and analysis to meet practitioner demands, address student inquiry, and support academic research. It includes frequent references to comparative jurisdictions and regular citations of relevant rules of practice. This new edition brings currency to the case law, statutory and scholarship in the burgeoning succession law field. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780409353563

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