Are we all to become hermits, in hiding from the courts?
Where are we? What are we?
What are the courts and judges?
"By leaving Mr Ye nothing the deceased failed to provide him with adequate provision for his proper maintenance, education and advancement in life," [the judge] said.
Richard Neil, a solicitor and member of NSW Law Society's elder law and succession committee, said ... it was a warning to elderly people who shared their home and were "getting in-kind domestic help that they can't afford".... And if someone took in a friend who was down on their luck, and died while the person was living rent-free with them, their estates could be exposed.
He said elderly people either had to have a paid contract with their live-in boarder, or go to the expense of an application to the Supreme Court for the person to rescind their right to make a claim against the estate. "People need to be conscious they aren't completely at liberty to make a will in whatever terms they want," he said.
Unbelievable.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/boarder-in-the-spare-room-wins-450000/2006/07/07/1152240493805.html