Credit: Gajus/Adobestock image In Terrorem Clauses in Wills: Formidable or Trivial?
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.
September 09, 2024 at 08:00 AM
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Similar to liability waivers and other clauses in contracts, a common provision used in estate planning, the in terrorem clause (no-contest clause), is intended to serve as a deterrent, a warning to those that might act, to think before they act or put pen to paper.
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