Estate of Marcia Ann Dolan [2021] NSWSC 1197

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Estate of Marcia Ann Dolan [2021] NSWSC 1197 Hearing dates: 9 September 2021 Decision date: 09 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Ward CJ in Eq Decision: 1. Direct that the funds paid into Court by Leonard Francis Saville in proceeding number 3164 of 2008 in this honourable Court be paid out to Christopher William Carroll as tutor for Maureen Winifred Carroll as the person named as the sole beneficiary of the will of the late Barry Thomas Carroll, or in the alternative to Maureen Winifred Carroll's financial manager. 2. Note that there is no grant of probate or letters of administration of the estate of the late Barry Thomas Carroll. Catchwords: SUCCESSION — Administration of estates — Persons entitled on intestacy SUCCESSION — Administration of estates — Whether general gift of residue or intestacy Legislation Cited: Adoption Act 2000 (NSW), s 95 Adoption of Children Act 1965, s 35 Succession Act 2006 (NSW), s 109; sch 1 Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898, s 61B Cases Cited: Arnott v Leong [2009] NSWSC 187 Bain v Lescher (1840) 11 Sim 398; 59 ER 926 Helton v Allen [1940] HCA 20 In Re Selby (deceased); Cole v Cole [1952] VLR 273 Salier v Angius [2015] NSWSC 853 The Estate of the late Bernard Sullivan Smith [2018] NSWSC 97 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Maureen Winifred Carroll bht Christopher William Carroll (Applicant) Paul Anthony Stow (Interested Party) Representation: Counsel: AF Fleming (Applicant, Solicitor) PA Stow (Self-represented)