Hoobin v Hoobin [2004] NSWSC 705

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Hoobin v Hoobin [2004] NSWSC 705 HEARING DATE(S) : 21/06/04, 22/06/04, 23/06/04, 24/06/04, 25/06/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 August 2004

JUDGMENT OF : White J DECISION : See paras 165-167.

CATCHWORDS : Probate - Whether will made in contemplation of marriage. - Family Provision Act - Extension of time for the making of application under s 7 - Inadequate provision on intestacy - Bladwell v Davis applied. - Wills, Probate & Administration - Orders to be made depending on whether plaintiff exercises her election under s 61D - Designation of matrimonial home after s 61D election as notional estate. Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Supreme Court Rules Pt 78 r 61 Marston v Roe de Fox and Halton (1838) 8 Ad & E 14; 112 ER 742 Layer v Burns Philp Trustee Co. Ltd (1986) 6 NSWLR 60 Burton v McGregor [1953] NZLR 487 Public Trustee v Crawley [1973] 1 NZLR 695 Keong v Keong [1973] QdR 516 In the estate of Gray, deceased (1963) 107 SJ 156 re Taylor deceased (1949) VLR 201 re Hamilton deceased [1941] VLR 60 Burton v McGregor [1953] NZLR 487 Smallacombe v Elder's Trustee & Executor Co. Ltd [1963] WAR 3 Dufficy v Mollica [1968] 3 NSWR 751 Conway v Wade [1909] AC 506 NSW Law Reform Commission, Report No. 47 "Community Law Reform Program: Wills - Execution and Revocation" CASES CITED : Sallis v Jones [1936] P 43 Leue v Reynolds (1986) 4 NSWLR 590 Warren v McKnight (1996) 40 NSWLR 390 Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith v Scales (1962) 107 CLR 9 Singer v Berghouse (No. 2) (1994) 181 CLR 201 Luciano v Rosenblum [1985] 2 NSWLR 65 Bladwell v Davis [2004] NSWCA 170 Re Seery & Testator's Family Maintenance Act (1969) 90 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 400 Kleinig v Neal [1981] 1 NSWLR 462 Cantrell v Williams [2004] NSWSC 579 Hodges (dec'd), Re Estate of; Shorter v Hodges (1988) 14 NSWLR 698 Re Bardon v Florence; Shekelton v Bardon (15/12/1983 SCNSW unreported) Giunti v Cavallaro [2004] NSWCA 62 Moore v Moore [2004] NSWSC 587 Margaret Rae Hoobin v Tina Louise Hoobin & 4 Ors PARTIES : Tina Louise Hoobin & 4 Ors v Margaret Rae Hoobin Margaret Rae Hoobin v Tina Louise Hoobin & 4 Ors FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 114192/02; 1230/03; 2009/02 COUNSEL : Plaintiff: Mrs M Bridger Defendant: Mrs M Gilmour SOLICITORS : Plaintiff: O'Neill's Solicitors Defendants: Budd & Piper