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Can a stepchild contest their stepparent’s Will?

Family Law, Wills and EstatesBy Laurie IrvineJanuary 30, 2023

A stepchild is someone who is not the biological child of their parent’s spouse but is treated as a child within that family because of the marriage or de facto relationship. In Victoria, stepchildren do not automatically receive the same inheritance rights as biological children from a stepparent. A stepparent can choose to exclude a…

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