Estate Planning practitioners field questions regarding disinheriting beneficiaries regularly. The second question often relates to what happens when that beneficiary or any other tries to have the estate plan or portions thereof overturned. An “in terrorem” or “no contest” clause usually acts as a deterrent to such beneficiaries by completing divesting them of their inheritance should they choose to initiate a lawsuit. Read on to learn more
Chumahan is a founding partner and the Senior Partner of Ovando Bowen LLP. Prior to starting his own firm, Chumahan was a partner at a prestigious class action firm in Los Angeles. Chumahan now focuses his career on civil litigation, family law, and estate planning.
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