Sister contesting will - need legal opinion, advice and representation.
Description
| Law Type: | Wills, Estates, Trusts |
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| Location: | Trenton, Ontario | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specific Issue: | Estate Litigation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Case Description
My Father died recently and left myself as executor and also left me 75% of his estate the remaining 25% is to go to my sister. In a previous will my father had made it equal and gave us equal shares. My father said in his will the reason for giving me the larger portion was so I could afford to buy a country property to enjoy hunting on with his granddaughter the way he enjoyed sharing his land with me. At the time when he made his will my Daughter was not born so he could not include her in the will. My sister has had a poor relationship with my father after our parents divorced and only started coming around 9yrs later when he got sick. When we were alone she would always try to talk about his money or bank accounts. This prompted my father to include a no-contest clause in the will stating if her or I contest the will we forfeit our portion to the other individual. She is now contesting the will to get a larger portion. I am not sure yet as to what grounds she is contesting the will on as the will was made correctly and witnessed correctly. The one witness has been one of my fathers best friends for the last 4yrs and is a emergency medical first responder he has signed an affidavit stating my Father was of sound mind and even at one point promised me everything in front of him aside from $10,000 that was to go to my sister. I need legal opinion and advice on how to go about handling this estate litigation.
Details
Case id : 010688
City : Trenton
Province : Ontario
Category : Wills, Estates, Trusts
Specific : Estate Litigation
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