Estate Defence Lawyers Adelaide and Sydney
We will assist you to defend an Estate against a challenge from the beneficiaries seeking a greater share of the assets.
Minimise legal expenses while achieving favourable outcomes.
Resolve disputes while preserving important relationships where possible.
Avoid lengthy court battles through strategic negotiation and strong defence.
We protect executors and rightful beneficiaries from unwarranted estate claims, ensuring your loved one’s wishes are honoured.
You’re being sued by family members claiming they deserve a larger share of the estate than the will provides. They may be claiming inadequate provision, questioning the will’s validity, or challenging your authority as executor. These legal attacks threaten to drain estate assets, delay distribution, and destroy family relationships.
ADLV Law provides aggressive legal defence against all types of estate challenges. We’ll analyse the merits of claims against your estate, develop comprehensive defence strategies, and represent you through negotiation or court proceedings to protect the deceased’s intentions and rightful beneficiaries’ interests.
You’ll have experienced estate litigation lawyers fighting to preserve your inheritance and honour your loved one’s wishes. We’ll resolve disputes efficiently while minimising legal costs and family conflict, allowing you to move forward with estate distribution and your own healing process.
Facing an estate challenge?
Schedule your estate defence consultation today!
Don’t let opportunistic claims derail your estate settlement.
When someone dies, family members who were barely involved suddenly appear claiming they deserve more inheritance, using legal technicalities and emotional manipulation to challenge the will and drain estate assets through expensive litigation.
We will mount a comprehensive legal defence against estate challenges, using our deep knowledge of inheritance law and proven litigation strategies to protect the deceased’s wishes and rightful beneficiaries from opportunistic claims. So that you can preserve your inheritance, honour your loved one’s intentions, and move forward with estate distribution without being held hostage by family members who are more interested in money than respecting the deceased’s final decisions.
When someone takes the time to make a will, they’re making deliberate decisions about their legacy and who should benefit from their life’s work.
It’s fundamentally wrong for disappointed family members to use legal loopholes to override these carefully considered decisions, especially when they’re motivated by greed rather than genuine need.
You’re a responsible executor or rightful beneficiary trying to honour someone’s final wishes, but you’re being attacked by family members who think they know better than the deceased about how their assets should be distributed. You’re facing legal proceedings from relatives who may have had little relationship with the deceased but now claim legal entitlement to larger shares of the estate, often using emotional manipulation and legal technicalities to pressure you into unfair settlements.
It’s morally wrong that grieving families have to spend estate money defending against relatives who are more interested in challenging the deceased’s decisions than respecting their memory and final wishes.
Save your loved ones estate from unfair claims.
Estate challenges often come from family members who feel entitled to inheritance regardless of their relationship with the deceased or the deceased’s clear intentions expressed in their will.
Common attack scenarios you might be facing:
- Estranged adult children claiming inadequate provision despite years of no contact with deceased parent
- Second families vs first families – children from previous marriages claiming against surviving spouse
- De facto partners appearing after death claiming relationship entitlements despite deceased being married to someone else
- Distant relatives challenging will validity claiming deceased lacked capacity or was unduly influenced
- Business partners claiming verbal promises override written will provisions
Many executors and beneficiaries cave to pressure and agree to unfair settlements just to avoid litigation costs and family conflict. This rewards bad behaviour and undermines the legal principle that people should be able to distribute their assets according to their wishes.
The hidden emotional cost of estate disputes.
We eliminate the stress and uncertainty of facing legal challenges by providing confident, fierce representation. You’ll know experienced lawyers are fighting for your interests while you focus on grieving and family support.
We use proven defence strategies including thorough will analysis, expert medical evidence, witness testimony, and aggressive litigation tactics to defeat unwarranted claims while achieving cost-effective resolutions where appropriate.
Estate challenges are resolved decisively, with assets distributed according to the deceased’s intentions. You have closure knowing their wishes were honoured and you successfully defended their legacy against opportunistic attacks.
Your strategic estate defence process.
Take control of your estate defence with expert legal guidance.
Step 1
Comprehensive Case Assessment
We analyse the will, claims, and legal standing to build your defence strategy.
Step 2
Strategic Legal Defence
Our estate litigation specialists represent your interests through negotiation or court proceedings.
Step 3
Resolution & Distribution
We secure favourable outcomes that honour the deceased’s wishes and protect rightful inheritances.
Our experienced estate defence lawyers.
We understand how it feels to be sued by family members when you’re already grieving. It’s devastating to have people attack your loved one’s final wishes and question your integrity as executor when you’re just trying to do the right thing.
Like you, we’re frustrated by legal systems that allow opportunistic family members to hold estates hostage with threats of expensive litigation, often forcing unfair settlements just to avoid legal costs.
We know that you want to honour the deceased’s wishes and protect rightful beneficiaries, but you shouldn’t have to become a litigation expert or risk personal financial liability to defend against unwarranted claims.
We care about ensuring families can grieve and honour their loved ones without being exploited by relatives who see death as an opportunity for financial gain.
ADLV Law’s estate litigation team has successfully defended hundreds of executors and beneficiaries, with over 95% of cases resolved favourably without lengthy court proceedings. Our partners are recognised specialists in estate law.
Kasia Maczuga
Catherine Fairlie
Our Great Lawyer Guarantee
We want to be part of your team over the long term. We’ll achieve this by sticking closely to the following key principles
Take the time
Work as a team
Shared knowledge
Stick to our knitting
Transparent pricing
It's your show!
Fixed-fee pricing
We’ll provide you with a comprehensive Work Proposal detailing:
- The full scope of services
- Clear fixed fees for each stage of the process
- Realistic timelines for implementation
- Our fixed fair fees mean no surprises.
- All consultations, document preparation, meetings, and implementation support are included in the price we quote you.
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We’ll discuss the best way to pass on your wealth, and gain peace of mind.
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