When a Will appears to favour a particular beneficiary over others, the question of whether undue influence played a role often arises. If a testator—someone who creates a Will—was coerced, persuaded, ...

The legal saga surrounding the estate of Dr. Laura Dean Head—a respected professor at San Francisco State University—is a powerful example of how undue influence and disinheritance can put an estate ...

California trust and estate disputes often involve allegations that a surviving spouse took advantage of a deceased spouse so as to get more of the latter’s assets. Often the “spousal financial abuse” ...

Archived versions of WealthManagement.com webinars are available on demand 24 hours after broadcast. Individuals with estates both large and small can be susceptible to undue influence, which is ...

There is a public health crisis concerning the use of undue influence by authoritarian people, groups, and even countries. For example, an estimated 40 million Americans and 650 million people ...

It seems that every will contest includes a claim of undue influence along with the more standard claims of lack of testamentary capacity and lack of due execution. But, undue influence is certainly ...

Our institutions of higher learning have played a critical role in shaping the nation’s public schools, but, unfortunately, their influence has been largely negative. Colleges and universities have ...