The Changing Family Landscape and Modern Family Provision Law
Over time, developments to the testator’s family maintenance (“TFM”) legislation expanded the categories or classes of eligible claimants.[1] In 1936, both New Zealand and Tasmania considered changes to the law to permit claims by ex-nuptial or illegitimate children. Both jurisdictions legislated the issue in 1969.[2] The remaining states and territories legislated the same issue shortly [...]