Estate Disputes and Litigation
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Contact us today for a free consultation.
You may call us at 540-344-3233, 800-750-6755 or e-mail at info@roanokevalaw.com.
If you have a problem with a will, trust, or any estate matter that may require court action, please contact us. We have extensive experience resolving estate disputes. Mr. Eakin is listed in "Best Lawyers in America" for estates and has over twenty-five years of experience with estate issues.
We offer litigation services for executors, administrators, heirs, beneficiaries and family members who need court action related to an estate.
Resolution Without Litigation
We frequently negotiate settlements, help mediate disputes, offer alternatives, and otherwise settle estate issues without the need for the courts.
Estate Litigation
Jurisdictions regularly covered include Roanoke City, Roanoke County, Salem, Botetourt County, Craig County, Franklin County, Montgomery County and Bedford County. We will consider litigation in other Courts in Virginia. We have handled cases in Patrick County, Smith County, Highland County, Rockbridge County, Augusta County, and other jurisdictions in Virginia.
Our trial experience with estate related issues includes:
- apportionment of estate taxes
- cancellation of a trust
- contracts to make a will
- distribution of estate assets
- interpretation of a trust
- construction of will language
- lack of capacity to make a will
- life Insurance coverage denials
- misuse of powers of attorney
- paternity disputes between heirs
- probate of a lost will
- removal of a trustee for cause
- removal of an executor for cause
- return of improperly transferred assets
- sale of real estate by estates and by multiple owners
- spousal rights (augmented estate, homestead exemption, family allowance and exempt property allowance)
- undue influence in the making of a will
- life insurance disputes
- wrongful death cases from auto accidents, truck and motorcycle collisions, railroad employee deaths; and death from nursing home negligence
Our fees are typically a fraction of the amount in dispute or a fixed, flat amount.
