Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SUCCESSION AND SURROGACY) ACT 2014 (NO. 80 OF 2014) - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the Administration and Probate Act 1958 in relation to—

              (i)     family provision claims; and

              (ii)     the rules for the payment of debts of an estate; and

              (iii)     the administration of small estates; and

        (b)     to amend the court authorised wills scheme in the Wills Act 1997 ; and

        (c)     in relation to surrogacy—

              (i)     to amend the Status of Children Act 1974 to allow registration of a surrogate birth if a parentage order is made by an interstate court; and

              (ii)     to make related amendments to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 ; and

        (d)     to make consequential and other miscellaneous amendments to other Acts.