nasty granddaughters

[patti m a]

What is the name of your state? New York

Grandma died six months ago. Her estate is currently in probate.
She has two surviving sons. One son died 13-1/2 years ago. She also has nine grandchildren. After the one son died she met with her attorney, 2 witnesses and notary public and had his name removed from her will as beneficiary, thus leaving the 2 surviving sons as sole beneficiaries. Also during this time she set up custodial trust accounts for all the grandchildren (approx. $20,000 each) to help with college expenses. Well, the deceased brothers daughters have contested their grandmothers will for some of the estates proceeds to pay for their college education and said this is what Grandma promised them, et. etc.
What are the chances of overturning grandma's will when we know it was done totally legally?

 

[Dandy Don]

Is there a contradiction in your posting? You say "ALL" of the grandchildren have custodial accounts set up for them to receive $20,000 each--does this include the children of the deceased son as well or does it NOT include them?

Chances for grandchildren to win are not very good if they don't have anything in writing to support their claim, but it's a little bit "iffy" because grandmother did not specifically disinherit them by name. As far as you know, would she have had reason to dislike them or can we assume that their father was financially well off enough that she assumed his children did not need financial assistance?

DANDY DON IN OKLAHOMA ([email protected])

 

[patti m a]

All the grandchildren have trusts including the 2 granddaughters. And yes, Grandma feels they will be taken care of. They have surviving grandparents on their mother's side (they are their only grandchildren) who are worth several million dollars and she felt "why should I take money out of my son's pockets when they (granddaughters) will inherit far more money than her own estate is worth.