Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in New Jersey

Questions from executrix siblings

Can a New Jersey attorney, who is a family member and beneficiary and created the original will document, create a new will and have her parents sign while both were heavily sedated and under hospice care, and have another family member (also a beneficiary) attest the signing? Several deviations from recent copies of the previous wills are present in the new document My other siblings and I are concerned as these actions affect our portions of inheritance.


Asked on 6/11/07, 9:05 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Robert Davies The Davies Law Firm, P.A.

Re: Questions from executrix siblings

This kind of thing gives lawyers a bad, bad name. The attorney is an idiot for doing any such thing. It is possible that the attorney has violated the ethical rules governing attorneys, and possibly, although not likely, this might be a crime, fraud or something like that. But the basic point is that the attorney has stupidly created a real mess.

You need some real assistance from an attorney. This computer bulletin board will not help you very much. There is no chance that these people will voluntarily give up what they got from this suspicious Will. Get a lawyer.

I do this kind of work. If you would like me to assist, please call my office. I am in Hackensack. A half hour consultation will be $75.00. You can then decide how you would like to proceed.

My contact information can be obtained from the links below, just click on the Attorney Profile link. Let my secretary know you found me through LawGuru.

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Answered on 6/12/07, 10:28 am


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