Proof Golden

How difficult is it to get a will overturned? What proof do you need to show a person was taken advantage of?

My mother-in-law had poor eyesight from diabetes and was starting to show signs of dementia. She changed her will only a few months before her death to favor the son that she lived with. Even though she moved in with him originally to care for his daughters when he and his wife divorced, she mentioned shortly before she died how fortunate she felt she was that he allowed her to live with him. It was like she forgot that she was doing him a favor to begin with. She gave up her golden years to be his housekeeper and nanny, but now she felt gratitude to be allowed to live with him. Her mother had Alzheimer’s and it sounds like she had the beginnings of it, but how do you prove something like that, unless it was documented by a doctor (which we don’t know).

It’s pretty difficult, I’d imagine. A relative of mine had Alzheimer’s. She gave her daughter power of attorney but she had a will leaving her home to her grandchildren. The daughter used her power of attorney to transfer the house into her own name so when her mother died, she didn’t own the house and therefore her kids couldn’t inherit it.
And yes, she disinherited her own children.
Her kids didn’t fight it. A long time ago, I was in her will, but I was cut out when she had her grandchildren. I have no resentment over that, but if I had still been in her will I would have fought it. And probably lost.
It’s frustrating not to get something you think is coming to you. Probably call an estate lawyer.
But with no diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, I’m not sure you’d get anywhere. But worth a try.

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