When did NSW Wills law start?
The English Inheritance Act 1833 and the English Wills Act 1837 were both adopted in NSW. The Locke Kings’ Act was also adopted which is now covered by section 145 of the Conveyancing Act 1919. The Real Estate of Intestates Distribution Act 1862 or Lang’s Act abolished primo geniture (first born) and provided intestate law to pass to Legal Personal Representatives and then family. This law only applied to persons until the establishment of the Probate Act 1890 which applied to realty as well. The Probate Act 1890 was English law, then came the Wills Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW), the Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW) and the Succession Act 2006 (NSW).