Ye v Fung; Ye v Fung [2006] NSWSC 243

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Ye v Fung; Ye v Fung [2006] NSWSC 243

HEARING DATE(S) : 06/03/06, 07/03/06

JUDGMENT DATE : 7 April 2006

JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J

DECISION : Plaintiff not a de facto spouse of deceased. Relief denied.

CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION - Wills, Probate and Administration - Probate and letters of administration - Application to revoke probate, declare intestacy and appoint plaintiff administrator - Whether plaintiff a de facto spouse of deceased under Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898, s 61B(3A)(a) and s 32G(1) - Whether in a de facto relationship within Property (Relationships) Act 1984, s 4 - Student living with woman 37 years his senior in a non-sexual relationship - Whether de facto relationships confined to non-married adults in heterosexual or homosexual romantic relationships.

Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898 Family Provision Act 1982 Property (Relationships) Act 1984 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 LEGISLATION CITED : De Facto Relationships Act 1984 Property (Relationships) Legislation Amendment Act 1999 Property (Relationships) Legislation Amendment Bill 1999 New South Wales Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 13 May 1999, 534 New South Wales Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 26 May 1999, 228-229

Weston v Public Trustee (1986) 4 NSWLR 407 Roy v Sturgeon (1986) 11 NSWLR 454 Simonis v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd (1987) 21 NSWLR 677 Barnes v De Jesus [2001] NSWSC 19 Dridi v Fillmore (2001) DFC 95-232 Turnley v Swaab [1999] NSWSC 594 CASES CITED : Devonshire v Hyde (2002) DFC 95-247 Hinde v Bush (2002) DFC 95-260 Hibberson v George (1989) 12 Fam LR 725 Lipman v Lipman (1989) 13 Fam LR 1 Thomson v Badger (1989) 13 Fam LR 559 Theodoropoulos v Theodosiou (1995) 38 NSWLR 424 Macquarie Dictionary (4th ed) Oxford English Dictionary