新西兰最高法院作出裁决,禁止兄弟姐妹从虐待的父亲的信托下继承遗产。 New Zealand Supreme Court rules against siblings seeking inheritance from abusive father's trust.

新西兰最高法院驳回了三名成年兄弟姐妹的上诉,这些兄弟姐妹在父亲去世后遭到父亲虐待,并寻求获得他的70万美元信托。 The New Zealand Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of three adult siblings who were abused by their father and sought access to his $700,000 trust after his death. 父亲被确认为"罗伯特" 已经为朋友的家庭建立了信托 给自己受虐待的孩子什么也没有留下 The father, identified as "Robert," had established the trust for a friend's family, leaving nothing for his own abused children. 兄弟姐妹根据1955年《家庭保护法》提出申诉,但法院裁定,父亲对子女承担的受托义务在他不再承担照顾责任时终止。 The siblings claimed under the Family Protection Act 1955, but the court ruled that the father's fiduciary duty to his children ended when he ceased caregiving responsibilities.