{"id":3126,"date":"2022-04-09T08:01:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T12:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyfirstfirm.com\/?p=3126"},"modified":"2024-03-06T07:16:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T07:16:57","slug":"how-to-prevent-a-contested-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyfirstfirm.com\/blog\/how-to-prevent-a-contested-will\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO: Prevent a Contested Will"},"content":{"rendered":"
Emotions can run high at the death of a family member. If a family member is unhappy with the amount they received (or didn't receive) under a will, he or she may contest the will. Will contests can drag out for years, keeping all the heirs from getting what they are entitled to. It may be impossible to prevent relatives from fighting over your will entirely, but there are steps you can take to try to minimize squabbles and ensure your intentions are carried out.<\/p>\n
Your will can be contested if a family member believes you did not have the requisite mental capacity to execute the will, someone exerted undue influence over you, someone committed fraud, or the will was not executed properly. (For more information on will contests, click here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n The following are some steps that may make a will contest less likely to succeed:<\/p>\n Bear in mind that some of these strategies may not be advisable in certain states. Talk to the attorneys at Family First Firm about the best strategy for you. Give our office a call today at (407) 574-8125<\/a> or email us at Team@FamilyFirstFirm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Your will can be contested if a family member believes you did not have the requisite mental capacity to execute the will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[50,38,149],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyfirstfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyfirstfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyfirstfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyfirstfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyfirstfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/familyfirstfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyfirstfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyfirstfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyfirstfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyfirstfirm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n