▲ 11 r/inheritance
CA settlement inheritance after death
Have a friend whose Dad passed.
Shortly after, she got a call from a lawyer saying his court case has settled, and that she’d be receiving his settlement.
He’d been in litigation for years leading up.
He has a surviving spouse.
The lawyer said, it belongs to her
( my friend, not the spouse )
Just wondering if the spouse has any rights to it, or can contest it?
They aren’t communicating with one another.
u/Norcalrain3 — 17 hours ago