Court Strikes Executor’s and Trustee’s Defenses for Violations of Court Orders and Abuse of the Discovery Process
Introduction. Family estate disputes over trusts and wills often bring out the worst in the parties as was exemplified in the recent case of ESTATE OF FELIPE A. RADELAT, DECEASED, 02-17-00264-CV, 2019 WL 5792652, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Nov. 7, 2019, no pet. h.). In this case, Lourdes Radelat sued her mother and brother, appellants Ana and Andrew Radelat, over their handling of an estate matter. The appellants’ defenses to the suit included that the…
