REPRESENTATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS IN WILL CONTEST IN PROBATE COURT RESULTS IN FAVORABLE SETTLEMENT

Our law firm, led by probate attorney Brad A. Brelinski, represented the majority of adult children of a deceased woman in a family dispute against one of their siblings involving alleged mental incapacity, undue influence, fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, and conversion (stealing) claims. The opposing party was the appointed personal representative and primary beneficiary of the estate, after the decedent changed the beneficiaries in her will shortly before death. The PR lived with the decedent and was dependent upon her when the changes were made. Our lawyers filed objections and petitions in probate court to set aside the last will and remove the personal representative from duty. The probate case was litigated through discovery with numerous depositions and written discovery documents, and ordered to facilitative mediation by the probate judge. After an all day mediation session, the case settled favorably for our clients with a considerable increase in estate distributions, and allowed the family members to put the matter behind them.