Dodds v Dodds [2013] NSWSC 1933

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Dodds v Dodds [2013] NSWSC 1933 Hearing dates: 28 November 2013 Decision date: 19 December 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Hallen J Decision: (a) Order that the Plaintiff's Summons is dismissed. (b) Makes no order as to either party's costs, to the intent that he, and she, will bear his, and her, own costs, respectively, of the proceedings. (c) Direct that the exhibits are to be returned. Catchwords: SUCCESSION - FAMILY PROVISION - The Plaintiff, a son of the deceased, applies for a family provision order under Chapter 3 of the Succession Act 2006 - The Defendant is a daughter of the deceased - Deceased left Will - No provision for the Plaintiff - Small estate - Whether adequate and proper provision not made in Will of the deceased for the Plaintiff and if so the nature and quantum of the provision to be made Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Family Provision Act 1982 Property (Relationships) Act 1984 Succession Amendment (Family Provision) Act 2008 Succession Act 2006 Cases Cited: Alexander v Jansson [2010] NSWCA 176 Allardice v Allardice; In re Allardice (1910) 29 NZLR 959 Allen (Dec'd), Re; Allen v Manchester [1922] NZLR 218 Andrew v Andrew [2012] NSWSCA 308; (2012) 81 NSWLR 656 Bartlett v Coomber [2008] NSWCA 100 Blore v Lang (1960) 104 CLR 124 Bondelmonte v Blanckensee [1989] WAR 305 Bosch v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd [1938] AC 463 Buckland Deceased, Re [1966] VR 404 Butcher v Craig [2009] WASC 164 Christie v Manera [2006] WASC 287 Collins v McGain [2003] NSWCA 190 Cooper v Dungan (1976) 50 ALJR 539 Crossman v Riedel [2004] ACTSC 127 de Angelis v de Angelis [2003] VSC 432 Devereaux-Warnes v Hall (No 3) [2007] WASCA 235; (2007) 35 WAR 127 Diver v Neal [2009] NSWCA 54 Dunne v Dunne [2013] NSWSC 1911 Edgar v Public Trustee for the Northern Territory [2011] NTSC 5 Flathaug v Weaver [2003] NZFLR 730 Foley v Ellis [2008] NSWSC 288 Franks v Franks [2013] NSWCA 60 Frisoli v Kourea [2013] NSWSC 1166 Gardiner v Gardiner (NSWSC, 28 May 1998, unreported) Geoghegan v Szelid [2011] NSWSC 1440 Gill v Permanent Trustee Company Limited [1999] NSWSC 394 Goodman v Windeyer [1980] HCA 31; (1980) 144 CLR 490 Gorton v Parks (1989) 17 NSWLR 1 Gregory v Hudson (No. 2) (NSWSC, 18 September 1997, unreported) Grey v Harrison [1997] 2 VR 359 Harrisson v Skinner [2013] NSWSC 736 Hawkins v Prestage (1989) 1 WAR 37 Hughes v National Trustees Executors and Agency Co. of Australasia Ltd [1979] HCA 2; (1979) 143 CLR 134 Hyland v Burbidge [2000] NSWSC 12 Kay v Archbold [2008] NSWSC 254 Keep v Bourke [2012] NSWCA 64 Kembrey v Cuskelly [2008] NSWSC 262 Kleinig v Neal (No. 2) [1981] 2 NSWLR 532 MacGregor v MacGregor [2003] WASC 169 Manuel v Lane [2013] NSWCA 61 Marks v Marks [2003] WASCA 297 Mayfield v Lloyd-Williams [2004] NSWSC 419 McCosker v McCosker (1957) 97 CLR 566 McCullum v Permanent Trustee [1999] NSWSC 1219 McGrath v Eves [2005] NSWSC 1006 Neale v Neale [2013] NSWSC 983 Novak-Niemala v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd [2002] NSWSC 251 Oldereid v Chan [2013] NSWSC 434 Palaganio v Mankarios [2013] NSWSC 61 Peters v Salmon [2013] NSWSC 953 Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith v Scales [1962] HCA 19; (1962) 107 CLR 9 Puckridge, Deceased, In the Estate of (1978) 20 SASR 72 RK v RK (Financial Resources: Trust Assets) [2013] 1 FLR 329 Singer v Berghouse [1994] HCA 40; (1994) 181 CLR 201 Slack v Rogan; Palffy v Rogan [2013] NSWSC 522 Stansfield v National Australia Trustees Ltd [2004] NSWSC 1107 Stern v Sekers; Sekers v Sekers [2010] NSWSC 59 Stiles v Joseph (NSWSC, 16 December 1996, unreported) Stott v Cook (1960) 33 ALJR 447 Szypica v O'Beirne [2013] NSWSC 297 Taylor v Farrugia [2009] NSWSC 801 Theoctistou v Theoctistou [2013] NSWSC 1487 Tobin v Ezekiel [2012] NSWCA 285 Tucker v Tucker [2012] NSWSC 1302 Verzar v Verzar [2012] NSWSC 1380 Vigolo v Bostin [2005] HCA 11; (2005) 221 CLR 191 Walker v Walker (NSWSC, 17 May 1996, unreported) West v Mann [2013] NSWSC 1852 White and Tulloch v White (1995) 19 Fam LR 696 Texts Cited: J D Heydon and M J Leeming, Jacobs' Law of Trusts in Australia (LexisNexis Butterworths, 7th ed, 2006) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Peter Dodds (Plaintiff) Rosemary Ann Dodds (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms R Kako (Plaintiff) Mr L Ellison SC (Defendant) Solicitors: Norbert Lipton Lawyers (Plaintiff) Derham Houston (Defendant) File Number(s): 2012/264592