LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 106, 7 May 1942, Page 2

LEGAL INQUIRY COLUMN

B.R.E.—Your right to an age benefit would not be affected, but you would not receive the lull age benefit, as you would have assets other than furniture, land and mortgages in excess of £ 500. TIM.—You do not make it clear what your relationship was to the child. I do not think that any one is under any special obligation to notify you of the adoption. If you think you are entitled to a refund of maintenance, which is very likely, it is probably desirable for you to instruct a solicitor to take the necessary steps. ROOMS.—The Fair Rents Act applies to the tenancy under which you have let part of your house. You can, therefore, obtain possession only on one of the grounds allowed, which in your case is that the premises are reasonably required for your own occupation. In view of the tenant's family, you cannot get possession on the ground of hardship, and must therefore find suitable alternative accommodation for the tenant. You are not entitled to cut off the gas or electricity nor to lock the tenant out. Before you can take proceedings a fortnight's notice at least of your intention to do so must be given to the tenant. ANXIOUS.—No criminal offence has been committed by the writer of the letter. The person libelled could recover damages against the writer for the libel. PATERFAMILIAS.—You do not disclose the contents of the will, nor whose will it is. It is possible in certain circumstances that a son of a deceased son will take the parent's share, but it is impossible to advise without actually seeing the will itself. I may be able to help if you write again and forward a copy of the will and make clear the relationship of all parties to the deceased testator.