During a Will contest, a party challenging a Will may assert that the Will was the product undue influence being exerted over the decedent by the party who benefited by the disputed Will. The question ...

The case clarified that undue influence alone is not enough for guardianship. Courts require clear proof of harm or risk to ...

When a petitioner offers a will for probate, and the propounded instrument’s validity is contested, objectants oftentimes raise undue influence as an objection to the admission of the will to probate.

The potential for undue influence has become increasingly significant in this era of digital interconnectivity. Undue influence can distort our perceptions, manipulate our decisions, and sometimes ...

In “The New Undue Influence,” professors Horton and Weisbord examine common law and statutory approaches to undue influence as a means of invalidating bequests as well as whether these approaches ...

It seems that every will contest includes a claim of undue influence along with the more standard claims of lack of testamentary capacity and lack of due execution. But, undue influence is certainly ...

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Undue influence from family members of patients with advanced cancer remains a serious ethical problem in end-of-life decision making. Despite the wealth of articles discussing the problem of undue ...