In re Lawford Lawford v Guardian Trust and Executors Company of New Zealand Limited - [1954] NZLR 1142

Family Protection — Widow — Superannuation Benefit under Social Security Legislation — Testator entitled to take into Account Income Widow would receive on attaining Sixty-five Years — Widow entitled to Order for Increased Income — Liberty to apply on Widow's attaining That Age — Family Protection Act, 1908, s 33 — Social Security Amendment Act, 1950, s 18 (3).

Family Protection — Widow's Claim — Widow separated from Testator because of Unhappy Differences between Them, but caring for and bringing up Children of That Marriage — Separation subsisting for Twenty-five Years of Thirty-three years of Marriage — Widow making out Case for Substantial Increase in Provision made by Will — Court not entitled to assume Separation brought about by Widow's Fault — Separation taken into consideration in Assessing Widow's Moral Claim — Family Protection Act, 1908, s 33.