{"id":7983,"date":"2019-05-05T08:47:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T15:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/?p=7983"},"modified":"2019-04-23T08:48:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T15:48:49","slug":"what-happens-when-a-will-is-contested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/what-happens-when-a-will-is-contested\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A WILL IS CONTESTED?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney<\/p>\n

Having been an estate planning and probate attorney in Idaho for over 20 years, one of the most common questions that comes up with clients is what happens when a will is contested? This question comes up in different circumstances and for different reasons. Sometimes this question comes up because my clients are creating their own estate plan and they are worried that one of their family members may try to contest their last will and testament after they pass away. Alternatively, this question sometimes comes up with clients who want to contest the will of a family member who has passed away. It either of these is sought the legal process would be the same.<\/p>\n

To explain what would likely occur in the instance of a will contest being made, I often refer to what has been come known as the Eggan’s estate case. This is a case that was decided by the Idaho Supreme on November 1, 1963. [For those of you who have a legal penchant the citation is 86 Idaho 328, or 386 P.2d 563.]<\/p>\n

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