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Old 02-12-2015, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by TrudyM View Post
However I was told that if you want to leave any relative out that you should leave them $1 so it is clear that they were not to be included or it can be contested.
You are are perhaps referring to a pretermitted heir situation. Pretermitted heirs legal definition of Pretermitted heirs

The OP's question almost reads like a law school exam question. There are so, so many possible situational variations that no one answer suffices.

My answer would be no...unless......
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