The Big Challenge: Episode Four, Pt. 2 -- The Pleadings

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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.

The pleadings phase, part 2, continues our discussion about what to say and what not to say when it some to the pleadings of a lawsuit. We also cover some of the ways in which pleadings are attached by the opposing party. Your lawyer will handle any attack on your pleadings, but it doesn’t hurt to have some understanding of how attacks on pleadings work and what to watch out for when filing your lawsuit.

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