# Queensland court ruling gives daughter share of flawed handwritten will

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/father-left-his-daughter-100-after-he-said-she-disowned-him-then-a-judge-found-flaws-in-his-diy-will-that-gave-her-a-share-of-his-estate/
- Published: 2026-10-29T13:23:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T13:38:42+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16244185/neville-huxley-tina-gilbert-100-inheritance-queensland-judge.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Tina Gilbert will receive a share under intestacy rules.
- The handwritten will failed to protect the family property.
- Legal fees could consume most of the £428,000 estate.

## Summary

A Queensland judge ruled that parts of Neville Huxley’s handwritten will were legally ineffective, so his eldest daughter, Tina Gilbert, will inherit a share of his estate despite his direction that she receive only $100. The decision matters because it applies intestacy rules to property the will failed to distribute validly, while years of delay and legal disputes threaten to consume much of the inheritance.

Huxley died in 2021, aged 80, leaving an estate worth about $428,000 to be divided among his children. His 2013 will excluded Tina, saying she had “disowned” him in 1989, and sought to keep a family property for three sons with Fragile X syndrome; the judge found the property clause created no enforceable right for them. The court also heard that two co-executors had not completed the administration, which had been delayed since probate was granted in 2021.

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