During a Will contest, a party challenging a Will may assert that the Will was the product undue influence being exerted over the decedent by the party who benefited by the disputed Will. The question ...

When a person manipulates someone into changing their will, what’s a family member who finds themselves cut out of an ...

Andy Hitchon, Head of LEAP Estates, examines the main risks linked to digital will writing and what private client ...

The potential for undue influence has become increasingly significant in this era of digital interconnectivity. Undue influence can distort our perceptions, manipulate our decisions, and sometimes ...

It seems that every will contest includes a claim of undue influence along with the more standard claims of lack of testamentary capacity and lack of due execution. But, undue influence is certainly ...

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The term “undue Influence” is a legal cause of action that can be brought in court when it is believed that a deceased person’s last will and testament (trust, deed, beneficiary designation, etc.) was ...

Undue influence from family members of patients with advanced cancer remains a serious ethical problem in end-of-life decision making. Despite the wealth of articles discussing the problem of undue ...

Imagine that your widowed father finds himself caught up in a whirlwind “romance” with a woman who seems all too interested in his money. Or that your mother has “fallen in love” with her senior ...

Navigating the Carpenter Presumption: Court-Made Exceptions to the Carpenter Case and The Statute That Followed. In the 1971 Florida case of In re Carpenter’s Estate, The Supreme Court of Florida held ...