The main ones are highlighted below. In preparing the Report, the Law Reform Commission consulted a wide range of interested individuals and organisations. Every person with family responsibilities should make a will. The Wills Ordinance sets out the legal rules governing wills. The Intestates' Estates Ordinance provides for the distribution of the estate of a person who dies without making a will or whose will deals with only part of his or her estate.
Ordinance replaces the Deceased's Family Maintenance Ordinance.
It aims to help those persons who are not fairly provided for under a will of the law of intestacy. The provisions described above came into effect on 3 November 1995. The information is by no means exhaustive or definitive.