Niece cops legal bill in will case

Betty Harris left her 12.5 million estate including her Point Piper house to her neighbour. Picture: Google Maps Source: The Daily Telegraph

After Betty May Harris died neighbour Beatrice Gray Inherited her estate. Picture: John Grainger Source: The Daily Telegraph

THE bitter battle of wills fought over a rich but lonely widows estate has ended, leaving a hard-up Coffs Harbour retiree with a big legal bill.

Coralie Hart, who was disinherited from the $12.5 million estate of her rich aunt, Betty Harris, must pay a slice the legal bill of Mrs Harris's wealthy neighbour Beatrice Gray who was bequeathed the fortune.

Ms Hart must also pay half of her own substantial legal costs, according to a decision made today by Supreme Court judge Richard White.

The decision on the payment of legal costs comes just two weeks after Justice White handed down his decision in the case, ruling that the 95-year-old Mrs Harris intended to leave her fortune to the wealthy
socialite and barrister Ms Gray, who lived next door.

Mrs Hart must pay Mrs Gray' costs of an earlier pre-hearing legal stoush over whether Mrs Hart's son-in-law should continue to manage the estate's finances pending a ruling on who should inherit it.

Justice White found Mrs Hart had wrongly claimed Mrs Harris was paranoid and deluded when she believed Mrs Hart was "out to get her money".

Justice White found Mrs Harris was right to believe this.

Four years before Mrs Harris died Mrs Hart went to Mrs Harris' Point Piper home and took documents without Mrs Harris's permission.

She took a two large bags of documents including a copy of Mrs Harris's 2005 will, as well as bank books, bank statements and title deeds.

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