Here is one common way this situation arises. First, a person writes a will. Then, some time later, they create a new will. Under California law, which is what applies here in Temecula, the new will revokes any earlier ones.
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While some families choose to create a California estate plan that distributes assets evenly between all children, this is not always the case. Some individuals may wish to disinherit an heir.
The will or trust may clearly lay out the wishes of the deceased; however, an heir or beneficiary may be upset with the way the instrument reads. The result could be a California will contest over the disputed document.
When a decedent executed more than one version of a will during his or her lifetime, a beneficiary or heir might later try to argue that the original version of the will was never properly revoked.
If you suspect that the choices made were not truly those of your loved one, however, it is worth consulting with an experienced attorney who can review the facts surrounding the signing of the will.
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