Representing heirs and beneficiaries throughout San Francisco Bay Area inlcluding Oakland and Sonoma, CA and surrounding areas in cases involving will contests, disputed trusts and estate (probate) litigation.
When a relative dies, the heirs may find themselves on one side or another of a dispute over the validity of a will or trust. In some cases, heirs who are left out of a will or trust may suspect that that documents is not valid because it does not express the true wishes of the deceased. In other cases, executors or trustees of a will or trust may be in a position in which they must defend that document against a claim that it is invalid.
The most common ways in which a will or trust is found to be invalid are: 1) that the person making the will or trust was mentally incompetent at the time it was executed; 2) that the will or trust was the result of the exercise of “undue influence” by a person benefitting from that will or trust; 3) that the will or trust was procured by fraud; or 4) that there are defects in the way the will or trust was signed or witnessed.
Will and trust contests are tried before a judge without a jury.
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The Law Offices of James Geagan assists clients with Elder Abuse, Nursing home neglect, Will and Trust Disputes (will contests), Workplace Injuries, Discrimination, Product Liability, Automobile Accidents, Medical Malpractice, and Wrongful Death cases in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, San Jose, San Rafael, Redwood City, Vallejo, Fairfield, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Concord, Santa Rosa, Daly City, Albany, Alameda, El Cerrito, Sonoma, Napa, and throughout San Francisco, Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Solano, Marin, Sonoma, and Napa counties.