Pensioner ‘bullied’ to slash grandchildren’s share of million dollar estate

Ending a bitter family dispute, two siblings have won an appeal alleging that their aunt had undue influence over their grandmother, saying she was "bullied" to change her will, so that the aunt's family would receive 93.75% of a million dollar estate, and cutting the sibling's share to just 6.25%. Joan Gorringe, a sheep and cattle farmer, spent the final years of her life in a Mount Maunganui rest home, until she died in October 2019, aged 101, a Court of Appeal ruling published this month says. She'd had two children, Peter Gorringe, a Hamilton barrister, and Judith Pointon. Her original will, made in 2011, left her estate to be divided equally between Judith and Peter, with the proviso that should either them die before her, then their own children will be entitled equally to their parent's share as if that parent had been living at Joan's death. When Peter Gorringe, who had been managing his mother's financial affairs, died suddenly in 2015 of an aneurysm, Joan Gorringe made a sudden and significant change to her will shortly after her son's death, and again four months later. READ MORE: ‘Reclusive’ son’s $300k inheritance distributed ‘as if he doesn’t exist’ Family… Read full this story

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