Jul 22, 2026 – 5.00amWhen Graham Meares drafted his will in 2012, he bypassed his three estranged adult children and left his main asset – a $314,500 weatherboard house outside of Hobart – to his sister, Eileen Flint.To his son and two daughters he left the rest of his estate – an older model Holden Calais valued at just $12,000 – to be shared equally. What’s more, he included a clause that should any of his children contest the will, they would receive nothing.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Michelle BowesDeputy wealth editorMichelle Bowes is deputy wealth editor at The Australian Financial Review. She has been a business journalist for 25 years and is the author of Money Queens: Rule your Money, an award-winning personal finance book for teenage girls.Fetching latest articles
A dad warned his kids not to dispute his will. They did it anyway
Hoping for a share of their father’s property, three adult children defied the warning and took his estate to court. The result busts four major inheritance myths.
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