Earlier this month, Lindley Law secured an order declaring a contested deed null and void for lack of proper authentication. Representing the guardian of the estate of an elderly woman who was adjudicated incompetent, Lindley Law sought to protect her property interest from an attempted transfer by her son. Lindley Law alleged the deed was invalid under eight different legal theories, including fraud and forgery. In performing its due diligence, Lindley Law located the mother’s notarized signature from twenty-nine (29) other documents over a time period spanning more than twenty (20) years. The signature on the deed in question did not resemble the other known signatures, but a handwriting…