Is there an evidentiary basis where the youngest son stands to inherit the entire estate under a Will made four years before the deceased's death?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Naismith v. Clarke, 2019 ONSC 5280 (CanLII):
In Seepa v. Seepa, a minimal evidentiary basis was made out where the youngest son stood to inherit the entire estate under a Will made four years before the deceased’s death. In a prior Will dated a year earlier, the son was to receive a 20 percent interest. The same lawyer drafted both Wills.
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