Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Virginia
Disinheriting from Will Children from a previous marriage.
My father recently died and I believe he may have disinherited my brother and I (for no reason). What are the potential remedies?
Asked on 9/29/00, 12:25 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall
Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC
Re: Disinheriting from Will Children from a previous marriage.
In the absence of forgery, fraud or undue influence [or the mental incompetency of the will maker] there is no remedy.
Children have no right to inherit from their parents, and if the disheritance is properly worded in the will there is nothing they can do.
Answered on 10/28/00, 9:31 am