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How Does a No-Contest Clause Protect Your Will?

April 14, 2025 No Comments

The stakes are high for heirs who expect a hefty inheritance.

Can You Successfully Disinherit a Family Member?

November 30, 2023 No Comments

If you want to exclude someone from the will, is it best to leave them a dollar so they can’t challenge being excluded? Can you put in a provision that if they challenge the will, they lose everything?

How Does a Premarital Agreement Work?

October 20, 2023 No Comments

What’s a premarital agreement, how does it work, and what does Costner’s wife, Christine Baumgartner, stand to lose if she challenges theirs?

What Is a No-Contest Clause?

September 25, 2023 No Comments

No-contest clauses deter challenges to your estate plan. However, you might want to consider terms that allow for legit challenges related to undue influence.

How to Pass on Family Heirlooms with Fewer Estate Battles

August 31, 2023 No Comments

There are better—and often more creative—ways to plan and divide that can avoid family squabbles over cars, jewelry, furniture and household items.

Which Is the Best to Way to Transfer Wealth, Trusts vs. Wills?

August 28, 2023 No Comments

Take the squabbling between siblings you’ve had to endure and referee as a parent. Now multiply it times age and money. That might give you some idea of the need to make your final wishes clear when the time comes to divvy up your assets.

At Long Last, Trial Leads to Final Decision on Aretha Franklin’s Will

August 24, 2023 No Comments

History is filled with examples of celebrities who died without a will: Bob Marley, Prince, Howard Hughes, Pablo Picasso, Jimi Hendrix and even Abraham Lincoln.