I Was Left Out of the Will! What Can I Do? BC Estate Litigation
Our estate litigation lawyers know that after the sadness of having a loved one pass away, it can come as a shock and disappointment to find out you were left out of the Will or the Estate for no good reason. You may believe that the will doesn’t represent the will maker’s true intentions. Or that you didn’t receive your fair share. In such cases you may be able to challenge the will. Challenging Wills generally happens in the following common scenarios:
- One of the children or the child is left out of the Will or does not receive anything fair under the Will;
- The deceased’s spouse is left out of the Will and instead all the estate has been given to children;
- The deceased leaves his/her estate to his spouse, but unbeknownst to others, he/she had other children and spouses that no one knew about; etc