by Reception | Jul 5, 2016 | Will Challenges
Thinking about how to contest a will may never have crossed your mind before. What do you do if a family member has recently died and the will has left you feeling confused or it seems unfair? There are grounds on which you may contest a will and it happens quite...
by Reception | May 24, 2016 | Estate Disputes, Estate Planning, Will Challenges, Wills
A death in the family may be tragic or expected or devastating. All too often it leads to conflict within the family. Death can come with warning or unexpectedly, but we know that it is absolute – we know that death is final. What is unknown is what the...
by Reception | Apr 21, 2016 | Estate Disputes, Estate Planning, Family Disputes, Wills
Can you cut family members out of a will? The Adult Child of a First Marriage Is Often Cut Out Of A Step-Parent’s Will A particular dilemma often faced by older people in second marriages is how to provide for their partner after they die, while still making...
by Reception | Jan 21, 2016 | Estate Disputes, Family Disputes, Will Challenges, Wills
The headlines were scandalous and compelling. The heir to the Fontainebleau Hotel fortune had been brutally murdered, only months after his own mother had died in suspicious circumstances. His wife Narcy was charged and convicted with both murders. On July 12, 2009,...
by Reception | Oct 28, 2015 | Estate Disputes, Family Disputes, Will Challenges, Wills
An estate battle has been finalised over the estate of coffee mogul Leroy Hill, who died in 2009, between his second wife and his children from his first marriage. Leroy Hill was a self-made millionaire who married his first wife, Bonnie, just after they graduated...