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Probate,
Family

Apr. 9, 2021

Proving testamentary capacity in suits involving tortious interference with inheritance

Only in the last decade have California courts recognized as tortious conduct the intentional interference by one person in the expected inheritance of another.

Mark J. Phillips

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Lewitt Hackman

Email: mphillips@lewitthackman.com

Mark is a certified specialist in estate planning, trust & probate law by the State Bar of California.

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Jake V. Phillips

Associate
Sheppard Mullin

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Only in the last decade have California courts recognized as tortious conduct the intentional interference by one person in the expected inheritance of another. Late to the game, by then more than half of the states had sanctioned such a cause of action. The tort was first incorporated in the Restatement (Second) of Torts in 1979 at Section 774B as follows: "One who by fraud, duress or other tortious means intentionally prevents another from receiving from a third per...

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