Hearings
England & Wales
30 Jul 1971 [1973] Fam 1; [1972] 2 WLR 63; [1971] 3 All ER 873, PDA
In re Shanahan, decd
Additional names
De Winter (formerly Shanahan) v Legal Personal Representatives of Shanahan, decd
Subject Matter
FAMILY PROVISION — Jurisdiction — Subjective or objective test — Right of divorced wife to apply for “reasonable provision” out of deceased husband's estate — Analogous to right of widow — Different Acts containing similar provisions — Undesirability of different approaches — Matrimonial Causes Act 1965, s 26