by Charles Ticker | May 4, 2012 | estate law, estate litigation
Many sibling fights involve a dispute over whether Mom or Dad intended to gift property or cash to a sibling. The recipient sibling or “donee” will argue a gift while another sibling will argue that the parent did not intend a gift or lacked capacity to...
by Charles Ticker | Apr 27, 2012 | dividing estate, dividing family heirlooms, estate law, estate litigation
Some of the biggest sibling estate fights take place over the small stuff like the china and furniture or art. A lot of parents put a provision in their will that they want to divide the stuff equally among the children. What a mess that creates! What does equal mean?...
by Charles Ticker | Apr 20, 2012 | estate law, estate litigation, removing executor
In my practice, a common theme of sibling estate disputes involves a sibling who is the executor and other siblings who are beneficiaries. In these disputes, the ill feeling between the siblings is longstanding and is only exacerbated when the parent dies. A recent...
by Charles Ticker | Apr 5, 2012 | estate law, estate litigation
Many of the sibling estate fights that I come across involve siblings fighting over a parent’s estate. The recent case of Re Fawson Estate is a bit of a twist in that involved siblings fighting over a sibling’s estate. Margaret Fawson had three brothers. She made a...
by Charles Ticker | Mar 23, 2012 | estate litigation
One of the common themes of sibling fights in estates revolves around succession planning for the family business. Many business owners refuse to let go or acknowledge the reality that one day they will have to turn over the reins to a successor. As a result, they...
