Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT - SECT 7

(1) For the purposes of the administration or distribution of any estate or of any property held upon trust, or of any application under the Family Provision Act , or for any other purposes, an executor, administrator, or trustee is not under any obligation to inquire as to the existence of any person who could claim an interest in the estate or the property by reason only of the provisions of this Act.

(2) No action shall lie against -

(a) an executor of a person's will;

(b) an administrator or trustee of a person's estate; or

(c) the trustee under any instrument,

by any person who could claim an interest in the estate or property by reason only of any of the provisions of this Act, to enforce any claim arising by reason of the executor or administrator or trustee -

(d) having made any distribution of the estate or of the property held upon trust; or

(e) having otherwise acted in the administration of the estate or property held on trust,

so as to disregard the claims where, at the time of making the distribution or otherwise so acting, the executor, administrator or trustee had no notice of the relationship on which the claim is based.