ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A bitter inheritance dispute between three sisters involving a multimillion-dollar family trust will return to court after the Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that a Howard County jury was instructed to apply the wrong legal standard when deciding whether one sister improperly interfered with the others’ expected inheritance.
In a 29-page opinion filed Wednesday, October 28, 2026, the appellate court reversed a judgment favoring Ellahe Amini-Nejad, who had been named the sole beneficiary of her father’s will and trust.
Her sisters, Elham Amini-Nejad and Eman Amini-Nejad, challenged the estate arrangements, alleging that Ellahe used fraud and undue influence to prevent them from receiving their expected share of their father’s assets…