challenging a will

What is a Will Caveat (a/k/a a Will challenge)? It’s when the validity of the will is questioned due to the execution of the will, the competency of the testator (the signer of the will), and/or undue influence on the maker by a person.

In the case discussed at hand, two sons who were excluded from their father’s will have reached a settlement with the father’s estate for $190,000.

Scenario: A person dies, also known as the Decedent or Testator, and leaves a last will and testament. However, beneficiaries/heirs, either by intestate or by prior wills, think the will maker, aka the Testator, would not have made the will the way he or she did had they been of right mind.

What do you do?

There is a process in North Carolina called a Caveat Proceeding. That's a challenge of the will.

Grounds for challenging the Last Will and Testament are: