Parents settle inheritance dispute with son\'s gay partner
Publish date: 20 June 2005
Issue Number: 1359
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: In Court
An inheritance dispute in the Cape High Court has been settled after the parents of a deceased property dealer have agreed to give his home, furniture and several of his valuable art works to a French chef whose serious romantic involvement with their son they had previously denied, reports the Cape Argus.
James and Joan Middleton have also agreed to contribute R250 000 towards the legal costs that Dominique Ripoll-Dausa had to pay to dispute their denial that he and their son, Phillip, had been involved in a life partnership. Ripoll-Dausa has launched a Constitutional Court challenge to legislation that he claims unfairly discriminates against the rights of gays to inherit their partners\' estates particularly when there is no will. Full report in the Cape Argus
