What is the name of your state? California
Senario: A couple, who've been married for over 40 years, decides to make a Living Will. He has a daughter from a previous marriage, and she has two sons from a previous marriage. They go to a lawyer and agree that should either of them die the spouse remaining gets everything until that spouses death, then upon both of them being dead, their home (which is paid in full) goes to his daughter, who is instructed to place the property up for sale, pay any outstanding bills etc..and then give $5,000 to each of her sons (she had two sons from a previous marriage), and she keeps the rest.
He dies first (the husband). She changes the will/trust, without informing the daughter, so that when she dies her one son, whom she favors, gets everything. We believe the home has been signed over to the son, so that the title is in his name. She is now dead and all this has come out.
Does the daughter have any recourse to receive any inheritance? The daughter and the step-mother actually had a good relationship, and this has been quite a shock to her.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Senario: A couple, who've been married for over 40 years, decides to make a Living Will. He has a daughter from a previous marriage, and she has two sons from a previous marriage. They go to a lawyer and agree that should either of them die the spouse remaining gets everything until that spouses death, then upon both of them being dead, their home (which is paid in full) goes to his daughter, who is instructed to place the property up for sale, pay any outstanding bills etc..and then give $5,000 to each of her sons (she had two sons from a previous marriage), and she keeps the rest.
He dies first (the husband). She changes the will/trust, without informing the daughter, so that when she dies her one son, whom she favors, gets everything. We believe the home has been signed over to the son, so that the title is in his name. She is now dead and all this has come out.
Does the daughter have any recourse to receive any inheritance? The daughter and the step-mother actually had a good relationship, and this has been quite a shock to her.
Thanks in advance for any help.