Do I have the legal right to contest my foster Mothers will?
I have been raised by a foster family since age three...I now care for the foster mother and live with her to that end...She has one other child by birth....I am considered a member of the family by all including family friends and church members.
At the time of mother's death, her real son will be named executor of her estate...He is said to inherit the whole of the estate, and if he does not survive to inherit, his wife receives one third and the rest is to be equally divided amongst her grand children.
I would like to know, since I was never legally adopted, but I was raised by them, do I have a right, or even stand a chance, at contesting the will?
I know what the will says and according to it I was not named as a Son or even a child...Rather I was named as a friend, and in the event of my brothers death before Mother should go, I would only receive a share with the three grand children.
Do I have grounds as a foster Son to contest?
2007-01-23
22:47:07
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