Family Provision Law, Adult Children and the Age of Entitlement

56 Pages Posted: 8 Jul 2019

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Sylvia Villios

University of Adelaide

Natalie Williams

University of Adelaide, Law School, Students

Date Written: May 27, 2019

Abstract

This case raises some profound questions about the nature of family obligations, the relationship between family obligations and the state, and the relationship between the freedom of property owners to dispose of their property as they see fit and their duty to fulfill their family obligations.

Keywords: Family Provision Law, Adult Children, Age of Entitlement, Succession Law, Wills and Estates, Estates

JEL Classification: K10

Suggested Citation

Villios, Sylvia and Williams, Natalie, Family Provision Law, Adult Children and the Age of Entitlement (May 27, 2019). Adelaide Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2018, U. of Adelaide Law Research Paper No. 2019-48, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3394694

Sylvia Villios (Contact Author)

University of Adelaide ( email )

No 233 North Terrace, School of Commerce
Adelaide, South Australia 5005
Australia

Natalie Williams

University of Adelaide, Law School, Students

Australia

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