Doing Estate Trust Fiduciary Litigation on contingency can be an equalizer in Estate Inheritance Fights for contestants. Whether this is a Will Contest or Trust Challenge or suing a Trustee and. Executor, we can help you on contingency.
Unfortunately, in inheritance fights, the trustee or executor can usually use the Trust or Estate funds and assets to fight you.. Therefore, It can create a costly uphill battle to find the relief and justice you want. Moreover, most of the firms representing fiduciaries have tricks and tools to deal and prevent equitable relief you seek. Fairness and justice do not carry the day unless you fight for it. The judges are not going to step in. Criminal complaints usually go nowhere.
There are specific provisions within the Property Code and Estate Code that allow the trustee and executor can use estate funds or trust funds albeit there are ways to attack this. If a Trustee or executor has misapplied or mismanaged trust or estate funds, you have legal options to bring claims such as their removal or breach of duty. In such case under the right circumstances, you can fight this on contingency. Unfortunately, removal actions against the trustee or executor alone do not typically lend themselves to contingency.
We often take Estate Trust Fiduciary ligation on contingency including Will Contest, Will Challenges, Trust Disputes, “Breaking”. a Trust. or “Busting” Trusts. Since these fights can be expensive and the other side can likely use the funds against you, we can only undertake these in large estate fights. However, there are options for those without the means to bring these fights such as seeking an accouting or contingency lawyers.
On contingency, we are in same boat as you. We don’t get paid unless we make a recovery for you and we are motivated to maximize your recovery. It’s absurd to think senile parents understand and appreciate lengthy trust and estate documents that most lawyers do not understand themselves. So take comfort, these are winnable fights if you find the right team..
Regardless, know you are entitled to an accounting in a trust or estate whereby you do not risk forfeiture of the estate or trust funds Despite this and the fiduciaries duties to you such as loyalty, fair dealing, and honesty, these fiduciary fights are tricky and costly. We take cases across Texas and sometimes out of state. It is incredible how the weight of fairness can be appear to be against you but we can help.
