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Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…

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Posts Tagged ‘Carpenter’

Undue Influence and the Carpenter Factors: Courts Rely on More than the Original Seven

By Julia Thomas | April 13, 2012

This post is from our good friend in Dean Mead’s litigation department, David P. Hathaway. In probate litigation, parties might contest the validity of a will or trust by arguing that the decedent was unduly influenced by a substantial beneficiary when the will or trust was made. To prove undue influence, one must demonstrate that…

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