Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts

forging a trustee name on a trust

My father owned a home with no morgage.My brother lived with him and the house was in a trust.My father, brother and I were the trustees.My father and brother forged my name and had it falsely notorized.My brother took $140,000 of equity out of the house for his business.My elderly father passed away soon after.My fathers trust and will had my brother and I sharing equally.The equity loan was in my fathers name and my brother refuses to make good on it.We are selling house to settle estate. Do I own this loan or is my brother responsible?


Asked on 12/15/04, 1:23 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
James Hall Qua, Hall, Harvey & Walsh

Re: forging a trustee name on a trust

The answer depends upon all the facts. Please give me a call for a free consultation. For a basic answer, if a forgery is proven, which can be done using handwriting experts, you likely will be able to assert you are not responsible and maybe able to restore full value to trust or get your fair share. You should consult an attorney about this immediately before more assets are squandered.

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Answered on 12/15/04, 8:27 am


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