Family Lawyer Sydney: Challenging a Will
Somebody close to you has recently passed and just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse, their last will and testament seems to have all but ignored you while favoring someone who has only come into the life of the deceased recently. At this point, the alarm bells in your head will probably be going off. The best move in such a situation is to consider contesting the will. Many people contest wills if they believe that the provisions of the original will were unfair to them. However, not just anyone can contest a last will and testament. To do this, you have to be in one of the following groups: A child A spouse (current or former) Someone who had a close personal relationship with deceased at the time of their passing A grandchild who was partly or completely dependent on the deceased at some point A dependant who was a member of the same household You will also need to establish whether you’re merely stating that the allocation of property in will was unf