[farito]

Is there a provision of annulment of written inheritance under the California law for a son who has had abandoned his mother in the last years of her life, when she needed him most?
Thank you.

[ebaines]

To be clear - are you asking whether "abandonment" trumps a written will, meaning that the deceased's express wishes as she documented in her will should be ignored? It takes a lot for a court to decide that a properly executed will should be ignored - typically it takes evidence of coercion or incompetence of the deceased, or evidence that a later will exists.

[ballengerb1]

Are you the son or the mother?

[farito]

Is there a provision of annulment of written inheritance under the California law for a son who has had abandoned his mother in the last years of her life, when she needed him most?
Thank you.

Answering the first reply: Yes that is what I meant. So you think it is up to the court to decide and very unlikely to happen? Thank you.

Answering the second reply: I am neither the son nor the mother. I am a friend of the family of the deceased.

[ebaines]

answering the first reply: Yes that is what I meant. So you think it is up to the court to decide and very unlikely to happen? Thank you.

Yes - very unlikely, given what you've told us. It appears from what you told us that she had ample opportunity to alter her will - several years after the time the son left. The fact that she chose not to do so would be construed as positive evidence that she did not want it changed.

[farito]

Thank you sir.