Inheritance Litigation and Tortious Interference

If someone has “messed” with your inheritance, do you have a cause of action? Can you bring a probate lawsuit if you got cut out of an inheritance in bad or negligent way? When should you hire a West Palm Beach probate lawyer?

If you need to learn more about tortious interference with an expectancy or inheritance, consider reading the Restaino case, an October 24, 2017 opinion from an appellate court in Illinois. Although this is not a Florida probate opinion, Florida trust and estates lawyers encounter very similar trust disputes. Here, Frank Restaino brought a seven-count petition seeking to redress amendments to a trust agreement that his late step-mother made. These amendments removed Restaino and his children as beneficiaries. The original petition and an amended version were both dismissed by the trial court with prejudice. Frank Restaino appealed. What did the appellate court say? Would Restaino win his tortious interference claim? What should Florida trust attorneys know about tortious interference with an inheritance?  To read the entire opinion, click here.