For over a quarter century, our firm’s private client disputes team has been a full-service group representing fiduciaries and non-fiduciary parties in estate, trust and guardianship litigation. We are experienced in defending executors and trustees against claims brought by beneficiaries or heirs, and navigating clients through will and trust contests and construction suits, as well as charitable and exempt entity qualification problems and complex fiduciary tax-related matters.

Inheritance will dispute firm can be highly emotional, especially when family members are unable to work out their differences. In some cases, the dispute may involve a claim that the deceased did not have the mental capacity to make a will. This type of claim can usually be proved through documents such as letters, emails and text messages that the deceased sent to his or her loved ones. Other evidence that may be useful in proving this claim includes testimony from the decedent’s physician regarding his or her mental state at the time of making the will, and handwriting experts who can testify that the will signature is not a forgery.

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Only certain interested parties have standing to challenge a will under New York law, including the decedent’s next of kin or distributees, who would receive shares of the estate by intestacy if the will were not in effect. These interested parties must also have valid grounds for the challenge, such as fraud, undue influence or availability of a later valid will.