NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Monaco v Keegan; Blight v Keegan [2006] NSWSC 825
HEARING DATE(S) : 01/05/06, 02/05/06, 29/06/06 Written submissions: 04/05/06, 12/5/06, 15/05/06, 17/05/06
JUDGMENT DATE : 22 August 2006
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
DECISION : Sum of $120,000 (or balance of estate, if smaller) to be held for younger son until age 21, with annual payments thereout for his benefit in the meantime
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION - family provision - claims by son aged 11, former de facto wife and daughter of former de facto wife - whether there are factors warranting application by the second and third - where residuary estate divided equally among applicant son and the two middle-aged and estranged children from an earlier marriage subject to attaining age 28 - award in favour of son aged 11
LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act 1982, ss.6(1), 7, 9(1)
Churton v Christian (1988) 13 NSWLR 241 CASES CITED : Dijkhuijs (formerly Coney) v Barclay (1988) 13 NSWLR 639 Re Fulop deceased (1987) 8 NSWLR 679 Singer v Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201
(1) Sofia Alcones Monaco as tutor for Andrew Monaco - Plaintiff Anna Maria Keegan - Defendant PARTIES : (2) Norma Blight - Plaintiff Sharon Joy Davidson - Second Plaintiff Anna Maria Keegan - Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC (1) 1546/05; (2) 6509/05
(1) Mrs M.A. Gilmour - Plaintiff COUNSEL : Mr P.G. Maiden SC - Defendant (2) Mr J.S. Drummond - Plaintiff Mr P.G. Maiden SC - Defendant
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