In 2018, an Indiana father set up a trust to keep his second wife in a retirement home costing $4,000 a month; his children said it harmed their inheritance, but an October 14 court barred their lawsuit as too late

• An appeals court in Indiana has dismissed a legal malpractice lawsuit filed by two siblings against an estate planning lawyer.
• The court ruled that their challenge over their late father's $3 million (£2.3 million) trust was filed after the legal deadline.
• In a decision issued on October 14, 2026, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals of Indiana upheld a trial court ruling in favour of Columbus attorney F.