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Will Contest
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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on Contested Wills and Testaments in Ghana: Exploring the Legal Claim for Reasonable Provision for Dependants
Reginald Nii Odoi recently published an article entitled, Contested Wills and Testaments in Ghana: Exploring the Legal Claim for Reasonable Provision for Dependants, Wills, Trusts, & Estates Law ejournal (2020). Provided…
NY Estate Law Blogroll
How do I contest a NY will? Estate of Gunnells
By Jason Stern
As a NY estate lawyer with more than two decades of experience successfully litigating these very difficult NY estates, I can affirm that no other cases rip families apart like…
NY Estate Law Blogroll
How to contest a NY will? Anatomy of a NY will contest: Estate of Geraldine Webber
By Jason Stern
The 2012 will of then 93 year old Geraldine Webber was ultimately determined at trial to be the product of Officer Aaron Goodwin’s undue influence over the senile Webber just…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
What’s a “caveat” and why should probate attorneys care?
There are all sorts of reasons why you may not want to commence a probate proceeding, but still have concerns about someone else getting the jump on you by secretly…
New York Probate Lawyer Blog
New York Will Contests – A Few Basics to Remember
In order for a Last Will and Testament to be valid, it must be admitted to probate. Probating a Will in New York requires following all the procedures in the…
Archer Estate & Trust Litigation Law
Complaint Dismissed in Will Contest After Plaintiff Fails to Appear
In re Estate of Liu, No. A-5063-18T1, 2020 WL 3527328 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. June 30, 2020). After James Liu failed to appear before the court, the Appellate Division…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
New York Surrogate’s Court Reviews Will Contest Basics In Granting Summary Judgment Against Will Challenger
In Matter of Tsinopoulos, the Rockland County Surrogate's Court showed that "it is possible to defeat a New York will contest on summary judgment."Pat Tsinopoulos passed away in 2015 and was…
New Jersey Law Blog
Counsel Fees in Probate Litigation
When contesting a Will or defending one that has been offered for probate, a party may incur significant counsel fees. One important question concerns whether the Estate or another party…
NY Estate Law Blogroll
Proving undue influence in a NY Estate Will Contest: When undue influence leads to murder; Estate of Estacion
By Jason Stern
As a NY estate lawyer with two decades of experience contesting NY attorney drafted wills I can tell you that contesting NY wills are unequivocally the most difficult cases to…
Texas Commercial Litigator
Court Denies Brothers’ Will Contest Claim Against Decedent’s Live-In Girlfriend
By Dane Patrick
Zeke lost his battle to cancer and died in 2018. He had no children and was survived by his 2 brothers, George and William. In 2010, Zeke drafted a Will…