“Red Flags” to look out for:

You should consider contacting an attorney, if you suspect or are dealing with any of the following:

• A will you believe was signed by someone who lacked the mental capacity to do so, or who was being pressured by someone else;

• An executor who is mismanaging estate assets, favoring certain heirs, or refusing to distribute property as the will directs;

• Retirement accounts, bank accounts, or life insurance policies where the beneficiary designation was changed at a time when the decedent was incapacitated or being manipulated;

• A power of attorney that you believe was misused — or where money disappeared while someone held control over another person's finances; or

• A dispute over personal property that the executor is failing to divide properly or fairly.

Unfortunately these situations don’t resolve on their own. The longer they go unaddressed, the harder it becomes to recover what was lost or enforce what was rightfully owed.