Only certain people have the legal right to contest a Will (referred to as a Will “caveat” in North Carolina). In North Carolina a contestant must have “standing,” meaning the legal right to initiate the legal proceeding aimed at contesting the Will. Only an “interested” person (or entity) has standing in a Will contest. This typically refers to a beneficiary named in the Will, a beneficiary under a previous Will, an heir under the state intestate succession laws, or possibility a creditor of the estate.
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