The case we’re looking at in this episode involves a mother who transferred her house to her son for no money, and then needed it back when she went into aged care. 

We’ve covered similar scenarios before, but what makes this one different is that the mother was not only seeking to get her house back, she also wanted compensation. The transfer of the house caused the mother to lose her pension and increased her aged care fees and all up cost her about $130,000. She wanted her son to reimburse her for those losses as well.

Case citation: McFarlane v McFarlane [2021] VSC 197

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