It is so nice to read of a legal case where there is a fair outcome as in my experience often it is the person with the deepest pockets who wins not the person who was in the right.
In this case the mother’s will was crystal clear about what she wanted but her defacto partner of 6 years ( wealthy in his own right) challenged her will.
Her will acknowledgment document specifies that ‘I wish to provide for my son first and foremost’.
Her son is today’s face of the day, Auckland University engineering student Longee Guoa.
As a 24-year-old with a student debt of $50,000 Guoa was not in a strong position to go toe to toe with his mother’s partner who as a “software engineer earns more than $100,000 a year and owns two Auckland homes worth nearly $2.5m combined, including a mortgage-free investment property in Mt Eden.”
A judge has ruled that Zhang has no right to more money from his dead partner,
Guo told the Herald he welcomed the decision, which came a day before his late mother’s 51st birthday, labelling Zhang’s actions greedy, arrogant and disrespectful.
“My mum’s wishes are finally upheld. I finally got justice.
“She would have been proud of me.”
[…] “My grandmother and I look forward to moving on with our lives now.”
NZ Herald
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