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Testator's family maintenance
Reference received: 29 June 1966
Substitute reference received: 15 October 1973
Note: See also Uniform succession laws (1995-2009)
Report
Report 28: The Testator’s Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act 1916 (PDF, 497.9 KB), June 1977
- Tabled in parliament: 16 August 1977
- Legislative action: Family Provision Act 1982; Testator’s Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants (Family Provision) Amendment Act 1982; Wills, Probate and Administration (Family Provision) Amendment Act 1982
Working paper
Working Paper 12: Testator’s Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act 1916 (PDF, 7.2 MB)
Terms of reference
To review the law relating to cases where the dispositions (if any) made by a deceased person during his life or by will do not make due provision for dependants and others including, in particular, the provisions of the Testator's Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act, 1916 (except, save as to incidental matters, the provisions of that Act relating to guardianship) and section 61A of the Wills, Probate and Administration Act, 1898, and incidental matters.
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