Curry Glassell, the daughter of oilman and arts benefactor Alfred Glassell, is disputing his last will in a high-profile Houston court battle that will have serious consequences for Houston's arts ...

Disinheriting a child or family member from one’s estate plan can be one of the most difficult and often heartbreaking issues in estate planning. Simply considering leaving a child out of an estate ...

No-contest clauses can be beneficial, but also albatrosses. The existence of a clause itself cannot prevent all challenges or always result in forfeiture when a challenge is asserted. Similar to ...

When owning property, one may harbor the thought that he may dispose of it as he sees fit. However, that individual must appreciate the historical derivation of our laws dealing with the right of ...

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John T. Brooks is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP focusing his practice in the area of estate, trust and fiduciary litigation. He has been Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest ...

While courts narrowly construe in terrorem clauses to avoid forfeiture, that doesn’t mean they ignore them.(Jacob Wackerhausen / Getty Images) Who should be afraid of an in terrorem clause? You, ...

In Carlson v. Colangelo, the New York Court of Appeals addressed in terrorem (no-contest) clauses in trust agreements. The court affirmed and clarified that in terrorem clauses in trust agreements, ...

The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that an estate beneficiary did not trigger the “in terrorem” clause in his father’s will by providing an affidavit that supported his disinherited brother’s ...