Contesting a Will: Is It About Money or the Principle?

It nearly always comes back to money, even when recognition matters too. Legal fees mean any fight ’on principle’ still has a real cost, so weigh how much you are willing to spend.

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So, how often is the fight about money versus recognition? It’s always about money at the end of the day, I think, but whether or not there is a recognition as a part of it, it often is there and hand in hand. I find that often people say, oh, it’s for the principle of the matter, but would you be fighting for the principle of the matter if there wasn’t money at stake? And there’s always money at stake because you always have to pay for legal fees. And so, how much is the principle worth it to you? Money still always is involved, I believe, in the situation, even when you say that you don’t care about getting any money, because you still need to consider how much money you’re willing to expend to fight for the principle of the matter.

General information, not legal advice.