Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Vermont
contesting my dads will since he has remarried
My dad divorced my mom and
remarried. If me and my siblings are
not in his will can we contest it, to we
have a legal right to inheritance from
his estate?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: contesting my dads will since he has remarried
Your father can leave you and the rest of your siblings absolutely nothing. You have no "legal right" to inheritance. Either you are named in the will, trust or other estate documents or the person died intestate (meaning without a will or other estate document). If they died without a will then you likely do have rights under intestate statutes.
That said, there are always will contests when family members or other parties contest what they did or did not get. If the testator was not of sound mind at the time of making the will or like document, that may be an issue.