Chekov v Fryer & anr [2021] WTLR 441
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Summer 2021 #183The claimant was the former spouse of the deceased. They were divorced in the Southampton County Court and by an order dated 6 May 1982 (the order) it was provided that neither party was entitled to make a claim against the estate of the other under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (1975 Act) unless the parties remarried. Although the parties did not remarry, by the time of the deceased’s death they were living under the same roof. The defendants, who were the two sons and executors of the deceased, denied that the claimant and the de...