{"id":9084,"date":"2025-01-03T05:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T05:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/?p=9084"},"modified":"2025-01-03T05:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T05:32:15","slug":"last-will-testament-how-to-handle-disputes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/last-will-testament-how-to-handle-disputes\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Will &amp; Testament \u2013 How to Handle Disputes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When a person leaves this Earthly plane, their estate (all their assets) are distributed according to written instructions, namely a Last Will &amp; Testament, or will, as it is generally called. A will is a legally binding document drafted by a lawyer, which is signed and witnessed; it can only be changed by drafting a new will. Indeed, it is not unusual for a person to make changes to their will; it might be due to a family member being estranged, or a change of circumstances. A new will overrules any previous version and a lawyer would draft the will.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/last-will-testament-how-to-handle-disputes\/#Will_disputes\" >Will disputes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/last-will-testament-how-to-handle-disputes\/#Claiming_will_invalidity\" >Claiming will invalidity<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/last-will-testament-how-to-handle-disputes\/#Advising_the_client_not_to_proceed\" >Advising the client not to proceed<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Will_disputes\"><\/span><b>Will disputes<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Law is a very broad field and anything to do with wills are handled by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocitylegal.com.au\/services\/estate-disputes-and-will-challenges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>wills and estates lawyers<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with experience in helping clients reach a favourable outcome. When a person feels that they were unfairly treated in a deceased family member\u2019s will, they can approach a will disputes law firm; the legal specialist is happy to share a Zoom call to discuss your claim; they listen, ask questions and can usually give you an accurate appraisal of your case and advise on whether or not to proceed with a claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Claiming_will_invalidity\"><\/span><b>Claiming will invalidity<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When a person has a claim that the will is, in fact, invalid, with reasons such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mental incapacity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Duress or undue influence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Revocation of will prior to death<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Failure of the executor to properly execute the will<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of course, evidence would be required to substantiate a claim, which might take the form of a handwritten letter, a recorded conversation, or a witness to dialogue. Will invalidity claims require evidence that supports the claim and an experienced will &amp; probate lawyer would help the client to prepare the evidence accordingly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Advising_the_client_not_to_proceed\"><\/span><b>Advising the client not to proceed<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are times when a will dispute lawyer would advise their client not to proceed with the claim, which would be due to lack of credible evidence. Simply put, the lawyer does not want you to waste your money on a claim that has no real tangible evidence, so they would advise against making a claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a summary, will disputes do occur and when you feel that you have been unfairly treated in a recently deceased family member, you should consult with a local will dispute lawyer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/\">https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a person leaves this Earthly plane, their estate (all their assets) are distributed according [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9086,"href":"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9084\/revisions\/9086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newpawsibilities.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}