Probate
Aug. 18, 2010
'Safe Harbor' Lost in Inheritance Challenges
If you're disappointed with the amount of money a relative left you, but the will states you will forfeit your inheritance if you contest it, using the courts to get what you think you deserve has become riskier.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
If you're disappointed with the amount of money a relative left you, but the will states you will forfeit your inheritance if you contest it, using the courts to get what you think you deserve will soon be riskier.
Effective Jan. 1, 2010, California abolished so-called "safe harbor" petitions, which permitted heirs to an estate to ask a court if their particular gripe a...
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