Succession Laws: Report

This report published in 2013 contains the VLRC’s recommendations for succession law reform, including the laws about:

• Wills
• Family Provision
• Intestacy
• Executors
• Debts
• Small Estates.

You can access the report from the links below.

• Preface
• Terms of reference
• Glossary
• Executive summary
• Recommendations
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Witnessing wills and undue influence
• 3. Statutory wills
• 4. Ademption
• 5. Intestacy
• 6. Family provision
• 7. Executors’ costs and commission
• 8. Payment of debts
• 9. Small estates
• 10. Costs rules in succession proceedings
• Bibliography
• Appendix A: Advisory committee
• Appendix B: Submissions
• Appendix C: Consultations