Maine High Court Affirms Fraud Claim Judgment In Row Over Testamentary Capacity

(August 11, 2023, 8:09 AM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a lower court’s judgment against sons on their fraud claim in a dispute over their mother’s will but vacated and remanded the declaratory judgment against the sons on their claim related to their mother’s purported lack of testamentary capacity, finding that while the sons failed to establish a prima facie case for fraud, the declaratory judgment claim was instead under the exclusive jurisdiction of the probate court....

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