My question involves estate proceedings in the state of: New Jersey
My father, who suffered with substance abuse issues for most of his adult life, recently passed away in September. His last will and testament bequeathed the entirety of his estate to his sister. My brother and I were mentioned nowhere in the will after I obtained a copy from the surrogate. He never contributed anything of value to either of our lives and basically put two children on this earth without caring for them. Although our relationship was tainted from his repeated drug use I still loved my father and I know in his own interpretation of love reciprocated that feeling. From the time we spent together I have a good understanding of how he would have liked his last wishes carried out and his sister is not executing them properly. She plans to take everything he worked his entire life for and sell it for pennies to benefit her own interests. There are value-able and irreplaceable items that belonged to my father and she has no intention on letting me or my brother near them which is why I must resort to contesting this will he supposedly coherently drafted. I would also like to add that my father lived with my grandmother who is elderly and heavily influenced by my aunt, and she was the sole provider for my father during his addiction because he could not care for himself. My question is do I have sufficient standing to contest this will on the grounds of lack of testimonial capacity and undue influence? My fathers criminal history is all filed with the local superior courthouse including the time he was arrested in the same hospital he signed the will in for having illegal substances on him. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
My father, who suffered with substance abuse issues for most of his adult life, recently passed away in September. His last will and testament bequeathed the entirety of his estate to his sister. My brother and I were mentioned nowhere in the will after I obtained a copy from the surrogate. He never contributed anything of value to either of our lives and basically put two children on this earth without caring for them. Although our relationship was tainted from his repeated drug use I still loved my father and I know in his own interpretation of love reciprocated that feeling. From the time we spent together I have a good understanding of how he would have liked his last wishes carried out and his sister is not executing them properly. She plans to take everything he worked his entire life for and sell it for pennies to benefit her own interests. There are value-able and irreplaceable items that belonged to my father and she has no intention on letting me or my brother near them which is why I must resort to contesting this will he supposedly coherently drafted. I would also like to add that my father lived with my grandmother who is elderly and heavily influenced by my aunt, and she was the sole provider for my father during his addiction because he could not care for himself. My question is do I have sufficient standing to contest this will on the grounds of lack of testimonial capacity and undue influence? My fathers criminal history is all filed with the local superior courthouse including the time he was arrested in the same hospital he signed the will in for having illegal substances on him. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Wills: Contesting the Validity of My Fathers Will
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