Szabo & Associates News & Updates

A Sydney woman has been granted permission to use her late husband’s sperm by the NSW Supreme Court.

A recent case in Western Australia, Drake v Bradshaw (2018), has re-emphasised the importance of making family provision claims within the statutory time limit. It also illustrates what might persuade a court to exercise its discretion to extend the time limit for making a claim or, in this case, not to.

As most people will know, superannuation (“super”) is the arrangement put in place by the Australian Government to assist people to accumulate a fund to provide an income in retirement. On the death of a fund member, a death benefit can be paid to the dependants of the superannuation fund member, often in the form of lump sums.