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The pain can be exacerbated by a legal battle over the deceased’s estate.
We understand this at Simmonds Law and we do everything we can to make an estate challenge as easy as possible for all parties so they can deal with their grief without having to worry about legalities.
The litigation can be initiated by trustees representing the deceased’s estate or by people who want to file a claim against an estate.
Regardless of whether you are representing an estate or you wish to file a claim against an estate, the lawyers at Simmonds Law can help you through this trying time. We recognize that regardless of the scenario, estate litigation is a difficult time for all parties involved and we deal with such matters sensitively and professionally.
Simmonds Law can help you defend your rights.
You can challenge a person’s will or an amendment to a person’s will (called a codicil) if it does not represent the true intentions of the person who signed the will (known as the testator). If any of the these can be proven, the will can be set aside for litigation.
If a will or codicil of a will has been signed under suspicious circumstances, the law requires proof from the people who are seeking to uphold the will that it reflects the actual wishes of the testator.
A passing of accounts is basically like a court ordered audit of someone’s accounts. In the case of estates, the person going through the audit when passing of accounts occurs is usually:
The application for passing of accounts may be initiated by an estate trustee or it may be initiated by a beneficiary of the estate or another person with standing to challenge the accounts.
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