The court ordered, from a very large estate, provision which included housing, but he did so by way not of an outright capital sum but of a life interest in a trust fund together with power of advancement designed to cater for the possibility of care expenses in advanced old age. If housing is provided by way of maintenance, it is likely more often to be provided by such a life interest rather than by a capital sum.
Munvy J
[2005] WTLR 851, [2004] EWHC 1944 (Fam)
Bailii
Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
England and Wales
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Cited – Ilott v The Blue Cross and Others SC 15-Mar-2017
What is reasonable provision for daughter
The deceased had left her estate in her will to several animal charities. The claimant, her daughter, had been estranged from her mother for many years, and sought reasonable provision from her estate under the 1975 Act. The district judge had . .
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Family, Wills and Probate
Leading Case
Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.581090