Georgia High Court: Undue Influence Claim Not Barred By In Terrorem Trust Clause

Mealey's (July 6, 2022, 12:30 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court on June 30 reversed and remanded a Court of Appeals decision determining that an in terrorem clause barred a son’s undue influence claim and resulted in his forfeiture of assets as a trust beneficiary of his father’s trust, finding that because the son’s “undue-influence claim was successful, the void in terrorem clause did not result in his forfeiture of benefits from the trust.”...