CASE: Brown v Brown [2022] NSWSC 1393

John was stepfather to David from the time David was 10 years old until he separated from David's mother when David was 23 years old.

They still had contact with each other, but it dwindled and by the time of John's death he had not seen or spoken to David in 15 years.

John left nothing to David in his Will and David made an application for provision.

The question was: Did John have a moral duty to provide for his former stepson?