The validity of a will is formally challenged in what is known as a caveat proceeding. A caveat proceeding is effectively a type of lawsuit ...

Whether a decedent had sufficient testamentary capacity to make a will arises frequently in trusts and estates practice. Was the decedent of "sound mind" with the necessary mental ability to ...

DEAR JEFF: I took my father to an attorney’s office to have a new will drawn up. They refused to let him sign because they said he didn’t have “testamentary capacity.” What does this mean? Don’t they ...

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