Sentence examples for will contests from inspiring English sources
noun
Plural of will contest
GIVEN the complications that can arise, estate planners said the best defense against will contests was to take steps during life to preserve the peace.
It involves setting up barriers to will contests by signing a series of documents, each only slightly different from the one it replaces, over a period of years.
These clauses are becoming more important as people live longer, said Dana G. Fitzsimons Jr., a lawyer with McGuireWoods in Richmond, Va., who handles will contests.
Passing assets outside of probate keeps them private, avoids will contests — for instance, when blood relatives are hostile toward a domestic partner or new spouse — and simplifies planning for elderly people with just one child they wish to benefit.
Incidentally, the goal here is to prevent will contests (where an entity files suit trying to obtain funds not bequeathed to them in the will) that could drag the distribution process out even longer.
I'm fascinated by will contests.
"We will contest the results".
"There are others who will contest.
A new Maoist party will contest elections.
"Whatever happens, we will contest the elections.
"I will contest elections from Varanasi.
