As a contingency Will contest lawyer, I can help you on Will Contests & Will Challenges and other Estate disputes. Some law firm such as ours will offer to do a Will Contest Lawsuit on Contingency.. Estate fights over a Will can be very expensive often costing 100k or more. Some cases can cost a million or more. So in large estate fights over a Will of over million dollars in dispute, we will often do contingency. When you are on contingency, your lawyer isn’t paid until you are. Attorneys don’t recover fees unless they recover for you. So your interests are aligned more often than when you retain a lawyer on hourly basis.
Will Contest can usually be brought under the following basis without invoking the feared NO CONTEST CLAUSE. If your case is brought in good faith or you have been essentially zeroed out there is nothing to worry about.
Forged or Fraudulent Wills. If a Will was procured by fraudulent means such as undue influence or false premises or a Will is altered or forged.
No Original Will is a basis to challenge a Will as it is presumed revoked.
Will Construction and Will Interpretation can be a basis to challenge a Will. Was there ademption (bequest is gone or changed such as an account or real property) or question as to who is supposed to be the heir or beneficiary?
Undue Influence is one of main basis to challenge a Will. Making someone do what they would not otherwise do especially if they have diminished capacity is undue influence. Undue influence is when they are tricked, manipulated, coerced, or made to do a Will they would not otherwise. do. Question, did they choose their own lawyer? Did they set up their own estate planning? Did they leave someone out at bequest and manipulation of another?
Testator Lacking Testamentary Capacity to make a Will is the other major reason to challenge a Will. If the decedent had an impairment from a disease or illness that impacted their cognitive function and understanding, then a Will can be challenged in good faith. Typically this is from such things as dementia, senility, and other illnesses that cause incapacity.
We can help you as your contingency will contest lawyer in Houston and around Texas. 1
