Michigan Appellate Panel Affirms Disinheritance Following Forgery Finding

(May 18, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT) -- LANSING, Mich. — A probate court did not abuse its discretion in disinheriting a woman who stood to receive approximately $186,000 from her mother’s will after properly finding that she and her husband perpetuated a forgery scheme to defraud the other beneficiaries, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed April 30 (In re Geraldine M. Benjamin Trust [Kathleen Jansen v. David Zettle, et al.], No. 345632, Mich. App., 2020 Mich. App. LEXIS 3130)....

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