Blog Posts in Will contest

A no-contest clause or an "in terrorem" clause is a provision in a testamentary instrument that is meant to discourage beneficiaries from disputing a will . This clause is typically used to threaten ...

We continue our blog on the Estate of Trikha, which is about a father who executed a will three weeks before committing suicide. Satish Trikha's will made provisions for all his children, including ...

There is a presumption under Probate Code section 6124 that the testator (a person who makes a will ) destroyed the will with the intent to revoke it where the will was last in the testator's ...

To continue our blog on the Estate of Redfield (193 Cal. App. 4 th 1526 (2011)), Nancy Horan (petitioner and appellant) appealed the trial court's decision to reopen the final judgment of the probate ...

As we discussed in our previous blog, the California Court of Appeal used the doctrine of res judicata to overturn a judgment made by the trial court to re-open a case that was already dismissed with ...

The doctrine of res judicata bars respondents from re-litigating a case that has already been adjudicated. Res judicata is the Latin term for "a matter already judged." It means that if there has been ...