Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California
Unethical Trustee & Disinherited Adult Child
A Adult child [illigetimate ?] has been intentionally & with full knowledge left out of the will. Does Cal. law state that you have to leave a $ amount or is this enough. Also the trustee [retired lawyer] and good friend of the neighbor who is trying to buy this man's house has gone to the hospital and is ready to make an offer on the home without any appraisals. This man will need to go into a rest home but his mind is very sharp. It sounds to me that the trustee is working more for the neighbor than the man with the will. He does not need to sell the house right a way but I feel he is being pressured. I live 600 miles away and he has no close relatives.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Unethical Trustee & Disinherited Adult Child
The attorney has a conflict of interest if he is bargaining with the man whom he is a trustee for. This man is acting in an unethical manner and I would have him removed as trustee. Contact a lawyer in your father's area that specializes in wills and trusts tell him the situation and your concerns. Any attorney who handles wills and trusts will know how to change the trustee and stop this man from defrauding your father. Good luck.
John Hayes
Re: Unethical Trustee & Disinherited Adult Child
Calif does not require that you leave anything to an adult child, illigetimate or not. The only way you could make a claim is if you were born after the will was drafted.
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