New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INHERITANCE ACT OF 1901 - SECT 12

12 Mother of more remote to be preferred to mother of less remote male ancestor

(1) Where there is a failure of male paternal ancestors of the person from whom the descent is to be traced and their descendants the mother of the person’s more remote male paternal ancestor or her descendants shall be the heir or heirs of such person in preference to the mother of a less remote male paternal ancestor or her descendants.

(2) Where there is a failure of male paternal ancestors of such person and their descendants the mother of the person’s more remote male maternal ancestor and her descendants shall be the heir or heirs of such person in preference to the mother of a less remote male maternal ancestor and her descendants.