Estate and Succession Planning
Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…
Undue Influence and the Carpenter Factors: Courts Rely on More than the Original Seven
This post is from our good friend in Dean Mead’s litigation department, David P. Hathaway. In probate litigation, parties might contest the validity of a will or trust by arguing that the decedent was unduly influenced by a substantial beneficiary when the will or trust was made. To prove undue influence, one must demonstrate that…
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