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Factors such as undue influence and fraud can have a HUGE effect on a will. More specifically if either of those elements are proved then it can serve to invalidate that portion relation to the undue influence or fraud or completely invalidate the entire will. Undue influence and fraud most often arise when a person is drafting a will or entering into a contract. Courts will find that someone drafting a will was subject to undue influence if they gave into the pressure and did not make the will based on their actual intentions.

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