SHCHERBAKOVA v STAPLETON AND STAPLETON v STAPLETON [2001] NSWSC 213

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : SHCHERBAKOVA v STAPLETON AND STAPLETON v STAPLETON [2001] NSWSC 213 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1487/98; 2526/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 12 - 15 March 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 March 2001

PARTIES : Natalia Shcherbakova & Anor v Nealings Edwin Stapleton Linda Eileen Stapleton & Anor v Nealings Edwin Stapleton (Estate of Grahame Edwin Stapleton) JUDGMENT OF : Master Macready at 1

Mr. G.W. McGrath for plaintiffs Natalia & Dima Shcherbakova COUNSEL : Mr R.D. Wilson for plaintiffs Linda and Jean Stapleton Mr M. Southwick for defendant John C. Burton for Shcherbakova SOLICITORS : Peninsula Law for Linda & Jean Stapleton Grinberg Young & Krass for defendant CATCHWORDS : Family Provision. Application by the plaintiff who migrated to Australia to marry the deceased. Deceased has a hear attack 3 days after her arrival and dies a week later. Whether the plaintiff was part of the household and partly dependent. Large estate. In circumstances order for a legacy. - Application by daughters. Appropriate vesting date for legacy. Change of vesting date from 25 to 23 years for one daughter and legacy ordered for daughter omitted from will. Kingsland v Macindoe (1989) VR 273 Petroholis v Hunter (1991) 25 NSWLR 343 McKenzie v Baddeley (Court of Appeal 3.12.91) Re Fulop deceased (1989) 8 NSWLR 679 CASES CITED : Churton v Christian (1988) 13 NSWLR 241 Brown v Faggoter (Court of Appeal 13.11.98) Singer v Berghouse Luciano v Rosenblum (1985) 2 NSWLR 65 Anasson v Phillips Young J 4.3.88 Shearer v PT Young J 23.3.98 DECISION : Paragraph 131