Did your relative execute a Delray Beach Last Will and Testament while lacking mental capacity? Has your sibling compelled the court to admit that will to probate despite knowing all of this? Do you know what you can do in Palm Beach probate court? Check out what happened in a Connecticut Probate Appeals case decided April 22, 2015.
Will Contests
- When a party admits a will to probate that you feel does not reflect the actual intent of the testator you can implement a West Palm Beach will contest.
- The two most common will contest lawsuits involve undue influence and lack of testamentary capacity.
- Do you know how to prove the testator lacked testamentary capacity?
- Do you know how to prove the testator was subjected to undue influence?
- Often time family members are shocked at the wills admitted by greedy relatives but these wills can usually be thrown out with the medical evidence of the person at the time of their demise.
- In the case below, such a “death bed will” was quickly disregarded.
- But what about the wills admitted right before mental capacity was obviously receding?
- Do you know how to challenge an “iffy” will?
- Experienced Palm Beach probate litigators know that disproving a will can be a unique challenge.
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- The Superior Court of Connecticut heard what it referred to, as a family feud turned will contest in an April 22, 2015 case.
- The decedent had executed two wills prior to death.
- The most recent of which was quickly disregarded as it was a so-called deathbed will.
- The second will also had various problems most of which centered on the various family members infighting.
- Palm Beach probate litigators know that often times a will contest is not about the will itself but really about family warfare.
- Do you have an estate plan that is “family feud proof?”
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