Supreme Court held when she made her last will and

testament. She gave her children generous bequests of

$250,000 each from her estate of $1.1 million dollars to

support them.

The remaining amount, af ter various legal and other costs,

was bequeathed to Serge Benhayon, because Judith

McIntyre wished for him to complete the building of a

teaching hall as a lasting legacy for her community and

she knew that the bequest to him would be used for

everyone. Judith McIntyre had made her intentions known

to her children before her death and also to those around

her.

Her adult children, Seth (41) and Sarah McIntyre (34),

recently failed in their bid to overturn the will and have

the bulk of the estate assigned to themselves against a background where they had

promised their mother that they would not make any challenge to her will and her

intentions that her estate be used to benefit her community. However, they abandoned

their promises to their dying mother, a nd her wish for a lasting legacy, by seeking to

overturn the will in Supreme Court proceedings.

In the media frenzy that followe d, media reports have used sensational headlines or

omitted salient details to suggest that this was untoward and that Serge Benhayon has

no question asked of the ch ildren who had promised their mother not to go against her

wishes and yet proceeded to do so. Nor has it been questioned that adult children can

have no claim.

Before she died Judith McIntyre had given a gift of $800,000 towards building a teaching

hall that would represent a lasting legacy and offer a place to present the teaching and

work from which she felt she had received so much.

She had told Serge Benhayon

erge

The court heard that Benhayon used the funds as he said he would, effectively and

immediately for the building of the hall as Judith had envisaged, and that her legacy had

alre ady been carried through and that the funds she had provided under the will would

ensure that her legacy would be completed.

Fig.: - Inside the Hall at Wollongbar that Judith McIntyre wished to see built in her lifetime

The court heard that even though Serge Benhayon was the owner of the building his

intention was to ensure that the hall would be dedicated for the purpose of presenting

In the court proceedings Seth and Sarah McIntyre in effect applied to have their

estate in

wished to leave.

This does not accord with the evidence that was accepted by the co urt of a woman who

will.

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Justice Stevenson commented:

serenity with which the Deceased faced her pass ing. The evidence points

strongly to the conclusion that the Deceased attributed that state of being

to

capacity when she made her will, that she did not know the nature and contents of

Furthermore, Justice Stevenson concluded that he could

Seth and Sarah McIntyre had b een told by their mother that they would be left a

$250,000 each received fell within this description and was within the range of what

could be considered adequate prov ision in the circumstances.

Before her death Judith McIntyre had made sure her children knew of her wishes,

er money to Universal

carried o ut by not challenging her will.

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