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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">Good Sunday Morning…</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">Dad died December 2015 leaving a two-page will signed March
2014. Basically the will disinherits my clients (Son1 and Son2) and leaves Dad’s
estate to the children of Daughter and Son3. The Attorney who drafted the will
is the nephew of Dad. </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">The Attorney opened probate with the two-page will signed by
Dad. Some days later he then again files the two-page will, but now it has two
separately signed notarized Affidavit of Witness. One affidavit is signed by
Attorney and the other affidavit is signed by Attorney’s wife. Also the
two-page will filed the second time has a handwritten correction to the
spelling of Daughter’s name. The first will filed did not have any marks.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">This paragraph is included in the will:</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-indent:0.5in"><i><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">2.
<u>Heirs</u>. My four living children are Daughter, Son1, Son3, and Son2. I
specifically disinherit any other person claiming as an heir. I am giving
property to my grandchildren, through this will.</font></i></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">However, he only gives property to three of his
grandchildren (children of Daughter and Son3, total of 3 grandchildren). Dad
had a total of 18 living grandchildren at the time of making his will.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">For valid reasons my clients seek to contest the will. Dad’s
estate is worth close to a million dollars.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">My investigation reveals Attorney was disciplined by the State
Bar in 2010 for changing a contingency fee agreement from X to Y, i.e. changing
a legal document without client approval and a host of other violations.
Arguably, similar to the change of Dad’s will (handwritten correction of the
spelling of Daughter’s name) which Attorney admitted to doing, but claims it
was done prior to signing although there is no initials by Dad next to the
change.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">Also the affidavits signed by the Attorney and his wife are
very suspicious in that when the two documents are held on top of each other up
to a light the notary stamp is in exact same spot on both documents. It’s highly
unlikely that a notary would perfectly stamp two separate documents in an
identical spot.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">I’m attempt to challenge the will on two theories: (1)
improper will execution and (2) lack of testamentary capacity.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">For the improper will execution, it is believed that
Attorney may have simply forgot to have the required witnesses sign the will
during execution. And further potentially attempted to correct the mistake by
making the Affidavits afterwards. I have reached
out to the notary and in questioning him about his notary practices I found him
to be a hostile older gentleman so have backed off. I did find out that he did
not keep a notary book back in 2014 and has no recollection of the event. </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">For the lack of testamentary capacity, it is clear in the
will that Dad tried to give away by will what he had already given away prior
to signing (he gave away his land interest by gift deed to the three
grandchildren stated above – the most valuable property in his estate).
Further, we have found that Dad had four other children by two different women
prior to the woman for the four living children mentioned above. I’m still
investigating the relationship Dad had with his older children; however, it
appears that Dad did not care for the children during his life. But it is
common knowledge within the family that Dad had these other kids.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond" size="3">My questions are numerous, but I am interested in a “smoke
gun” approach. And I think it lies with the notary and Dad’s other children. </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><ol style="list-style-type:decimal;direction:ltr"><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt">Does anyone have any suggestion on contacting this
notary and question him about the Affidavits? This case is in a small town of about 2400 people, so I imagine
everyone is connected in some way and being the new girl on the block may make
getting information from him difficult, as I have already experienced.</p></li><li style="color:black;font-family:"garamond","serif";font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="color:black;font-family:"garamond","serif";font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt">What’s the legal argument(s) in paragraph 2.
Heirs. <em>My four living children are Daughter, Son1, Son3, and Son2. <span></span></em><em>I specifically disinherit any
other person claiming as an heir. I am giving property to my grandchildren,
through this will.</em> The order of the two sentences are problematic. First he
names his four living children, then he disinherits everyone else, but then he
give to his grandchildren… aren’t they already disinherited by the second
sentence…? And if not, would grandchildren be a class as of the date of the
will (i.e. 18 grandchildren), not the three he list in subsequent paragraphs…? </p></li></ol><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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