It should really be done before probate is granted and the will has been distributed. Do you really think someone will give back something they have inherited just because you do not like it?

Lyndal, perhaps it's not the OP who doesn't like it, perhaps it's someone else who doesn't like what the OP has received and wants a share of their inheritance.

That was my understanding too Darkie! OP check your state legislation site...wills and probate.

Best thing to do is get some legal advice quickly. That way the person would know if they had a case or the time has expired where they can challenge the will.

Think very carefully about it, in my limited experience it really causes a lot of heartache on both sides.

Ive been cut out of my dads will and fully intend to contest it when he goes, he has left i think his house to my daughter but not till she is 50 or something, she is 21 now and he is in his early 80's i think, if he pops off in the next 5 years its rediculous that she has to wait 25 - 30 years to get anything.

I guess the best time to contest it is at the reading of the will???

Its odd as there was NEVER a reading of my mums will, im sure she had one, but i knew nothing about it.

Before probate do they try to find all living relatives if they arent on the will, would they know if anyone has been excluded, i guess i would find out as my daughter would be contacted eh?

To suggest any will is debatable is unfair, wrong and against the wishes of the deceased. Assuming ...

That the deceased was of sound mind, with no coercion, and the will was appropriately witnessed and verified. Then ...

Perhaps the honourable thing to do is to take it on the chin. There was a reason why you were excluded, accept it and move on.