A multimillion-dollar “early inheritance” that a father gave the youngest of his three children triggered a costly court fight in Sydney between the trio of siblings.

The case is the latest in a series of court battles involving adult children seeking a larger inheritance than was left to them in a parent’s will.

A brother and sister took their younger brother to court over the multimillion-dollar “early inheritance” he received from their father. Credit: Marija Ercegovac

The family patriarch died in 2021, aged 66, and left legacies of $600,000 each to his elder son and daughter, to be paid in equal instalments over five years.

Before his death, the father transferred his major assets to his youngest son: farming properties that the NSW Supreme Court heard had a combined market val

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