Appeals, Fiduciary Duty, Undue Influence Claims

Land Court’s Invalidation of Deed as the Result of Undue Influence Affirmed

Goulston & Storrs PC on 4/10/2025

What constitutes undue influence sufficient to invalidate a deed? In Erikson v. Erikson, 105 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 (February 24, 2025), the Appeals Court of Massachusetts affirmed the Land Court’s invalidation of a deed on the...more

Probate & Fiduciary Litigation Newsletter - April 2022

Goulston & Storrs PC on 4/20/2022

This newsletter is intended to keep readers informed about developments in probate and fiduciary litigation in Massachusetts and New York. Our lawyers are at the forefront of this area of the law, shaping how it is handled in...more

Daughter Liable for Interfering with Stepmother’s Inheritance

Downey Brand LLP on 9/29/2020

Intentional interference with expected inheritance (IIEI) was recognized as a legal claim in California about eight years ago in Beckwith v. Dahl (2012) 205 Cal.App.4th 1039. Last week, the Court of Appeal issued the first...more

Court Holds That There Was Insufficient Evidence To Establish That Account Beneficiary Designations Were Executed As A Result Of...

Winstead PC on 1/14/2019

In Fielding v. Tullos, an administrator of a decedent’s estate brought claims against the decedent’s housekeeper for undue influence and other related claims arising from the execution of new account beneficiary designations...more

Receipts and Releases: End of the Road or Just the Beginning

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 6/18/2018

The discharge of an executor or trustee is the ultimate end-game of most, if not all, estate and trust administrations. Affording that kind of comfort level to the fiduciary can be accomplished in one of two ways,...more

Appellate Court Notes

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 4/18/2016

Supreme Court Advance Release Opinions: SC19384 - State v. Carter - SC19282 - State v. Peeler - Appellate Court Advance Release Opinions: AC37262 - Dumbauld v. Dumbauld - AC37262 Concurrence -...more