Estate Fights: Freeze-Outs and Squeeze-Outs

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Dec 12, 2014, 09:00 ET

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- When clients turn to Hackard Law for help in estate litigation, some have run this gauntlet before – but most have not. Sitting across from Michael Hackard at the firm's conference room table, they listen intently as he introduces them to the unfamiliar legal and procedural territory spawned by events they are seeing but not yet understanding.

The clients are perplexed, their stories outrageous and unjust:

Don't get frozen out of an estate dispute. Call Michael Hackard at Hackard Law to find out your rights as a beneficiary.

"My sister wouldn't let me in her house to see or talk with my dying mother . . ."

"My brother and I think that my uncle poisoned my aunt . . ."

"My step-mother brought her attorney to my dying father's hospital bed and changed his will and trust . . ."

Hackard's clients are surprised when he is not surprised. He's already well-experienced with the basic dynamics of each story.

Estate fights are filled with oppressive conduct. There are squeeze plays against siblings, step-children, grandchildren, and spouses. Oftentimes, little estate planning is done beforehand to anticipate and reduce dissension.

Inside information and powers of control are used to eliminate or reduce the rights of heirs and beneficiaries. Secret acts deprive family members of properties long promised to them.

Challenges against uncooperative, unreasonable and unfair estate representatives are best made early on - when harm can be reduced and heirs and beneficiaries be better protected. Distance must also be taken into account. Beneficiaries living far from their loved one's last home often receive the worst treatment from hostile estate representatives.

Heirs and beneficiaries squeezed from their rightful interests and frozen out from knowledge to protect these interests need to know their options. Hackard Law regularly counsels aggrieved heirs and provides information needed for making the right decision on appropriate representation.

About Hackard Law, a Professional Law Corporation: Hackard Law, a Professional Law Corporation, focuses on litigation matters. Michael A. Hackard is the principal attorney of the Sacramento area law firm representing trustees, beneficiaries and heirs in estate, probate and trust litigation. For information about Michael A. Hackard, please visit:

http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/95655-ca-michael-hackard-226264.html

CONTACT

Michael A. Hackard, Hackard Law
10630 Mather Blvd.
Mather, Sacramento County, CA 95655
Phone: 916-313-3031

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