Q: Father passed away from cancer. While he was sick and on medication my sister tricked him into changing his deed
My father just passed away from cancer. Years ago he had went to an attorney and had both my sister and I, transfer on death for his property and house. Well after he found out he had cancer and starting getting really sick and put on morphine my sister went to an attorneys office and had him draw up papers to put his property title in her name only while he was still living. Around the same time he got put onto hospice. She has now taken possesion of the property and refusing to follow my fathers wishes. She tricked him completely! He was not in the right frame of mind and they did everything including stealing his checks while he was still living. My family is outraged. I dont want everything i just want to be able to have the family members get what they are suppose to. She is telling everyone they are not getting anything at all. This isnt right. Family members, friends of my dads, and even the hospice nurse and doctors agreed he was not in the right mental state.
A: You can contest it, you'll want to talk to an estate planning attorney. Since your sister took advantage of your father's altered state of mind, you can plead coercion and get the second will thrown out.
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