It’s the $12 million estate at the centre of a legal tussle. A Sydney man died in 2020 and was survived by his four children from his 58-year marriage.

But, in a twist this year, a woman emerged who says she is also his biological child. Her birth certificate pre-dates the man’s marriage, the NSW Supreme Court has heard.

She filed proceedings this year against the administrator of the estate, seeking a share of his millions. Both parties attended a mediation in July in a bid to resolve the dispute out of court.

They reached a settlement, but it was subject to the consent of the man’s beneficiaries. His three daughters from his marriage supported the settlement, but the couple’s only son did not.

Justice Hayley Bennett said in a preliminary decision in September that the son “will have

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