If you want to challenge a Trust or Trust amendment, it all starts with the pleadings. Pleadings refers to the paper work, usually a petition to the court, that must be drafted and filed to start the process. You have to know what to say and what legal claims to include to start your lawsuit.
But you also have to know what not to say too. The initial pleadings is not where you tell your whole story. This is just the starting point to get the case up and running. There are facts that must be inlcuded in your pleadings, but not every fact. So you have to choose wisely.
In this portion of the Big Challenge, we will discuss the pleadings phase. What you need to know; what you, or more likely your lawyer, needs to do; and what challenges you could face. Let the games begin!
