Chapter 53 - CHAPTER 53 WILL CONTESTS

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

Chapter 53 WILL CONTESTS

Herbert E. Tucker, Esq.

SYNOPSIS

§ 53.1 INTRODUCTION

§ 53.2 COMMENCEMENT OF A CONTEST

§ 53.3 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS TO CONTEST WILLS AND TRUSTS

§ 53.4 INFORMAL/FORMAL PROBATE

§ 53.5 CAVEAT OR OBJECTION TO WILL OR CODICIL

§ 53.6 FEES AND COSTS OF THE PROPONENT AND CONTESTANT

§ 53.7 STANDING AND FIDUCIARY NEUTRALITY

§ 53.8 NO CONTEST — PENALTY CLAUSES IN WILLS AND TRUSTS

§ 53.9 CHALLENGES TO EXECUTION

§ 53.10 BURDENS OF PROOF — CONTESTED CASES

§ 53.11 TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY

§ 53.12 UNDUE INFLUENCE

§ 53.13 REFORMATION OF WILLS

§ 53.14 CONFIDENTIAL OR FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP

§ 53.15 EVIDENCE

§ 53.15.1—State of Mind Exception to Hearsay Rule
§ 53.15.2—Dead Man's Statute

§ 53.16 DISCOVERY IN WILL CONTEST LITIGATION

§ 53.16.1—Testamentary Exception to Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product
§ 53.16.2—Testamentary Exception to the Doctor-Patient Privilege

§ 53.17 PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES IN PROBATE LITIGATION AND WILL EXECUTIONS

§ 53.18 TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH INHERITANCE

§ 53.18.1—Exhaustion of Probate Remedy
§ 53.18.2—Basic Elements
§ 53.18.3—Time Limits for Filing Tortious Interference Claim
§ 53.18.4—Punitive

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