Estate Advice

On my father's death bed his girlfriend had him to give her Power of
Attorney and change his Last will in Testament leaving her executor
to his estate. This woman told the the attorney that my father had no
childen, my brother and I have birth certificates with or parents name
on them. We learned of his death from the news paper obituary section
on the day of the funeral service and she had him cremated.
All of the above events occured in Louisiana. My father died on Oct 5th
and the Last Will and Testament was finalized on May 19th.

Legally what rights do we have? Being that we are the children of the
deceased and the rightful heirs to his estate, can we be disinherited? Do
we have a claim to anything which our father left? Any assistance with
this matter that you can provide, will be greatly appreciated.


Sincerely,
Monique

Good news. Usually it is the practice to specifically name children and then disinherit them to show that they were considered. Also, there may be grounds for claiming fraud, duress, undue influence and who knows what else. And LA has some unusual laws that used to at least require some property go to children.

Get yourself to a Louisiana wills and probate lawyer real fast!