Tennessee Will Contest Case

Do you plan on disinheriting a child in a West Palm Beach estate plan?    Do you know what happens in a will contest and is your will prepared to stand up? You may want to see what the Tennessee Court of Appeals in Knoxville had to say in a recent case.

Will Contests

• After you die your last will and testament will be submitted to the West Palm Beachprobate court.
• In Florida you can dispose of your property pretty much however you want, with some exceptions for public policy reasons.
• Can you think of any?
• So can you disinherit your children?
• Absolutely in fact the only state where you can’t is Louisiana.
• But do you think that one child is going to take it when you disinherit them and leave their share to sisters and brothers?
• Palm Beach probate litigators know that disinheriting a child can lead to an inheritance dispute that could eat up the entire estate.

Watson v. Pike

• An order was granted that issued a new trial in a will contest proceeding.
• The Decedent executed a will in 2010 leaving different portions of his estate to his three children. The man later disinherited one child leaving them mere repayment for a loan that was not formalized. Yet again before dying he rescinded even that. Needless to say a will contest broke out regarding whether or not the later amendments to the will (called codicils) were valid.
• Palm Beach probate litigators know that often disinheriting a child can have large consequences; removed beneficiaries can bite back at the cost of your other children.
• Is your estate plan prepared to stand up to a Palm Beach will contest?
• Is your Palm Beach probate lawyer?

Want to learn even more? Check out the whole case here.