Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Georgia

If he signed the will and was competent when he did so, the will is not void. However, a spouse can file a petition for year's support to try and obtain all of his property regardless of what a will says. This may have been what the lawyer you met with meant. A full reading of the will and the details of the case would be required to say for sure and to give you your options.

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