Re Edkins (Deceased) Edkins v Public Trustee - [1965] NZLR 916

Executors and administrators — Family protection — Effect of enactment of Matrimonial Property Act 1963 and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1963 — Whether Court now free to grant widow lump sum as reward for dutiful conduct — Family Protection Act 1955, s. 4

Husband and wife — Family protection — Effect on Family Protection Act 1955 of enactment of Matrimonial Property Act 1963 and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1963 — Matrimonial Property Act 1963, ss. 5, 7 (6), 41 (1) — Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1963, s. 59.