Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California

Re: Grounds for contesting a will

There is no excuse for his not paying the child support and that will be deducted out of the estate right off the bat.

As far as you being excluded, the question goes to the terms of the will itself. Does it specifically omit you or does it just not include you? Big difference!

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Re: Grounds for contesting a will

You appear to have two major problems. When your step-father adopted you he became your father for all purposes; you are no longer considered to be the child of your biological dad. If the Will states your name and says you get nothing, then you are not entitled to inherit anything. parents d not have t leave anything to their children, but they normally exclude then from anything by s stating in the Will that X is to receive nothing.

Your mother m however, might be entitled to get a judgment for child support from when he left you to when she remarries. There is no statute of limitations on a judgment I am not sure if it is only an Order]. She should file as a creditor of the estate.

I doubt it was the court that sent to you the information. I was either the administrator of the estate or the estate's attorney. Go down to the Court house and make a copy of the Will and any relevant documents

Re: Grounds for contesting a will

If you were adopted by your mother's husband, that means you are no longer the child of your biological father and therefore would have no interest in his estate not provide by your biological father in a testamentary document like a will or living trust.