This case raises some profound questions about the nature of family obligations, the relationship between family obligations and the state, and the relationship between the freedom of property owners to dispose of their property as they see fit and their duty to fulfill their family obligations

The Attorney-General of South Australia, the Hon John Rau MP, invited the South Australian Law Reform Institute to identify the areas of succession law that were most in need of review in South Australia, to review each area and to recommend reforms. The Institute identified seven topics for...