wills

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-410 In Re Richard J. Fields 2019-09-26 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process estate-distribution fraud judicial-discretion legal-ethics mental-health probate probate-procedure standing testamentary-capacity will-forgery wills witness-testimony Should we ignore a forged initial because our law does not require an initial to make a Will valid? How about people falsifying a will by switching it…
18-1281 Hayes B. Milliman v. Timothy L. Randall California 2019-04-08 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-law congressional-intent constitutional-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federal-question markham-v-allen probate-exception state-probate-court trust trusts wills What is the scope of the probate exception to federal jurisdiction?