LEGAL INQUIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 159, 7 July 1926, Page 11

LEGAL INQUIRY.

(By A BAItRISTKR-AT-LAW.) Letters "t inquirj will tie answered ererj week in rliis t-uliimii As far :is possible I hi'} nill lie dealt wi:i. In the order In '.vhic'i till'} !'. re riri-hi'd. hu,l replies will lie Inserted with tin- lenM possible delay. RATEPAYER—ProviiI".: rnnt the council lias iiiken certain formal steps, the ro*t is ri'i-nvprublf I'roin the four persons roiK-i-rned. I c.-intHit. c.f c-mrse. vouch fur the iK-euni'W <>f the charge, and if you hay any doubt about it you should nsk fir particulars friwi tlie council. S.A.i;.-- A child living with its parent* is wholly subjiM-t to their control and authoriiy. M.A.—Your risht to a pension will tli-nenil on the v;;lue of your cortapp and of any other property yon possess, and your annual inenme. If you give mc j I his information I ran advise you whether you are entitled or not.' I I presume you have reached the uocesj sary a;rr. I KETTRXKI>.— (11 There is no express provision iipainst the chairman's presence, and no penally is tixed iv case lie is. Ha may if he is a scrutineer be present. u> No ean.liihite can act as a scrutineer when the returning 1 oflieer is counting the votes, and by implication he should not \v present You could ..or upset bis el.TtioM CO . th<- mere assertion tluit he was presccr. 13) Ratepayers have no voice in the I appointment of any person to the office. mentioned. A DICIiRR. —Provided that you are not destitute and incapable of earning a Ilvinp. you have no legal right to I ■■xpeit provision made for you in the' : will. Payments made by you on the! house would. I think, be considered | as sifts and therefore not recoverable. ! X.Y.Z.—Tlie position r,f the various parties. ! nnd especially the sister's rights, will depend ulmost wholly on the wording I of the will. Is the sister's jrift cou-i dirional on the brother taking the farm| I or not? If you send mc a copy of the 1 j will I expect to be able to decide ! the points mentioned. SIMPLETON.—There is no such law in: force in New Zealand. The matter is : one which concerns the parties only. | and the Courts will not entertain aiiy action iv respect of it. i