Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017
Mr. Noel Byrne:
I wish to clarify the situation on the question from Deputy O'Callaghan on our case. There were no children involved in our case. When the estate went through probate, our family were entitled to half of the estate. The other half was assigned over to Ms Doyle. I imagine that answers Deputy O'Callaghan's question directly. That was the position following probate. To stop her from coming back to the house or from looking for possession of her portion of the house, we were advised that we had to buy her out. That is was we are objecting to, because she received benefit from her crime.
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