I made a valid will setting out how I want my estate distributed
upon my death. Can someone claim more?
Perhaps. If you have dependents to whom you provided
support immediately before you die, or to whom you were legally
required to provide support, a Court may order your Estate to pay
to them more money if the Court is satisfied that you did not
provide adequately for the person in the Will. This may
result in other wishes in your Will not being carried out as money
may have to go to the dependant, or assets sold to raise money to
pay the dependant, in priority to those other wishes.
Dependents can include: spouses, same-sex
partners, parents, children, or, siblings to whom you either
provided support, or were legally required to do so, prior to your
death. A spouse includes someone who was married to you and
someone who, although not married to you, lived in a relationship
of some permanence for at least 3 years (example: common-law
spouse), or were in a
