What do you expect could throw your will into dispute? Your insurance money? Your other assets? The way that you chose to distribute the household goods?
How to prevent your choice of guardian from being overturned
Use these tips to pick the right executor for your estate
Whom do you trust to carry out your wishes once you're no longer here?
The difficult aspects of probate mediation
Mediation is always an option over litigation -- as long as both parties are willing to sit at the table. When a probate dispute arises after the death of a family member, it's often a good thing to consider mediation before heading to court.
Spotting a potential inheritance dispute: 5 reasons they happen
How do you know if your heirs will fight over your will or not?
How do you keep your heirs from contesting your will?
Nobody likes to think that their heirs will go at each other tooth and nail after the will is read -- but it happens. Sometimes, there are simmering resentments between family members that come to the surface after a death. Other times, someone just really believes that the deceased was mislead or his or her will was essentially corrupted by one person's undue influence.
Stepmothers and stepchildren drive many estate fights
Stepmothers have always had a bad image in popular mythology. Snow White certainly had trouble with hers. Hansel and Gretal didn't fare much better.
Legal woes surround serial killer's estate
Most people who die behind bars after decades of incarceration have little to bequeath anybody.