Contracts and questionable capacity JOHN decides to sell his home and retains a real estate agent in early December. The property is promptly listed for sale. The agent meets with John several times at John’s house and finds John to…
AMANDA and Robert meet each other in their early 50s and begin dating. After a few months, they consider themselves to be boyfriend and girlfriend. After Robert’s mother passes-away, he decides to move-in with this father, so that he can…
How a hooked fish leads to a family fallout LEON and Megan had been married for 30 years, they lived in a large house overlooking a pristine river where they would often fish in their younger years. One morning Leon,…
Online Wills – Buy cheap, pay dear STEVE and Sally were recently married and wisely decide to update their wills. Steve has no children but is very close to his nephew and his sister. Sally has three adult children from…
A not-so-binding death benefit nomination SUSIE and John are high school sweethearts. They marry young and shortly after, their son Joey is born. Unfortunately, their marriage begins to deteriorate when Joey is only two years old. In anticipation that they…
Relationship breakdown after transfer of property JOHN owns a 400-acre cattle farm. He resides in a home that he built on the farm and has conducted a successful business for the last fifteen years. The farm was owned by John’s…
Will George get the bananas? JULIE and Brian had been married for 20 years. Brian owned a banana farm that had been in his family for generations. When updating their wills, they decided that their son, George would inherit the…
Abandoned and Extinguished JACK lives up the hill, from his neighbour, Jill. They reside on adjoining lots, backing-on to each other and access is via different street frontages. The lots were initially subdivided 60 years ago. The plan of subdivision…
Broken promises lead to super squabble JOHN and Sally become romantically involved and a couple of years later, Sally moves into John’s home with her teenage son, Peter. John and Sally are soon married and they purchase and move into…
DONALD and Nancy were both divorcees when they met on a moonlit beach. Their relationship blossomed and they were soon married. They decided to purchase a house together overlooking ‘their’ beach. Both Donald and Nancy had children from their previous…