SO YOU WANT TO CONTEST A WILL? A SIMPLE ROADMAP THROUGH THE LITIGATION MAZE
I. REASONS TO CONTEST A WILL OR TRUST
Your mother, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, leaves all of her money to her male
nurse. Your brother unduly influences your father into changing the title on his brokerage accounts
to joint tenants with right of survivorship with your brother. Your 90 year old father amended his
Trust one week prior to death and stated that he left you $1 “for reasons best known to my son”.
What reasons? What happened between the time you last saw your father and the date he signed
the Trust amendment?
