Aug 4, 2026 – 5.00amAn all-too-familiar case of family animosity fuelled an inheritance fight that turned a $7.8 million farm near Albury, NSW, into a multi-million dollar legal bonfire.But the real damage came from Vera May Wright’s badly drafted and out-of-date will, which meant that even if her seven children all got along, the case was always destined for the courts, says Adrian Corbould, estate expert at BakerLove Lawyers.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Andrew HobbsWealth reporterAndrew Hobbs covers self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), financial planning, retirement, inheritance, tax, personal finance and, sometimes, the Perth Bears. He has been a financial journalist for 30 years, previously at Bloomberg and AAP.Fetching latest articles
A parent’s empty promises put this $7.8m property at risk
A bitter dispute over a badly drafted will has cost millions to sort out, creating a “lawyers’ picnic” that will almost certainly result in the farm being sold.
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