When a person manipulates someone into changing their will, what’s a family member who finds themselves cut out of an inheritance to do? The answer has played out in courtrooms for hundreds of years ...

The courtroom showdown over whether Julie Westerfield, the heiress to the Jergens hand cream fortune, was the victim of undue influence in an elder abuse fraud case was declared on July 30 all but ...

Beginning July 1, 2026, Virginia has a new standard for undue influence in trust contest cases. For most trust contest cases in Virginia, the standard for undue influence will now involve a ...

Another issue regularly showing up in will contest cases is “undue influence,” also a squishy legal concept. Undue influence is defined as “words or conduct, or both, which, at the time of the making ...

A lawyer who was found to have exerted undue influence over his mother must reimburse her estate for legal fees and costs stemming from a suit over his handling of her finances, an appeals court has ...

Family estrangement is common, and it leads to significant emotional distress. As an expert in all forms of unethical influence, including cults, I frequently hear from families in which a loved one ...