Probate & Trust Litigation
Probate Litigation
The probate administration process is supposed to provide an orderly means to wind up a person’s legal and financial affairs after death. However, this process is almost never straightforward. In some cases, disputes arise among family members, heirs and beneficiaries, and the individuals managing the deceased person’s estate.
L&D’s probate litigators and trial attorneys help their clients successfully resolve a wide-range of disputes that occur during the probate process. The scope of our probate litigation practice covers, but is not limited to, the following areas:
- Will contests
- Beneficiary claims
- Estate mismanagement
- Recovery of estate assets
- Breach of fiduciary duty claims against executor/administrator
Trust Litigation
Trust litigation primarily falls into two categories. The first category focuses on disputes related to the validity and/or terms of the trust. The second category of trust litigation focuses on disputes related to the administration of the trust by the trustee.
At L&D, our attorneys assist clients in a wide variety of trust litigation. The scope of our trust litigation practice covers the following areas:
- Trust contests
- Beneficiary claims
- Trust accounting disputes
- Breach of fiduciary duty claims against trustee
- Trust misappropriation and mismanagement claims