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Successfully defended estate litigation through trial obtaining a dismissal of all claims by way of directed verdict 2008 successfully defended will caveat and undue influence claims brought by family members against the decedents companion of several years 2008 successfully prosecuted claim of contract to make a will 2007. Additional physical format online version vaughan james n litigation involving decedents estates new york practising law institute 1946. Our attorneys won on behalf of a decedents estate an unprecedented federal gift tax case establishing at trial in the us tax court that the estate did not owe approximately 20 million in gift tax interest and penalties arising out of the settlement of litigation concerning the ownership of a family business. Probate administration is a court supervised process that settles a decedents debts and passes property held solely in their name to heirs and beneficiaries although probate is avoidable most estates have some assets and debts that must be probated. Throughout the years fiduciary trust and probate litigation has always been integral practice area at schneider smeltz spieth bell sssb our trial attorneys provide their knowledge and expertise to both corporate and individual fiduciaries who are involved with will and trust contests accounting actions and litigation related to