Can a sibling contest a homemade will after the estate was distributed?

[BlackHillsofDakota]

DH mum has died, she left a will that was typed and witnessed by her two lifelong friends but it wasn't done by a solicitor. In it she left half to my DH and half to a lady who looked after her for the last ten years. She had a poor relationship with her daughter DH sister, she hadn't seen her for over a year when she died and she left her a painting but nothing else. No probate was required and the small amount of money and belongings have been distributed as per the will. The sister is now causing merry hell and intimating she is going to contest it. Is this possible as the estate has been administered?

https://www.legalandgeneral.com/insurance/over-50-life-insurance/wills/contesting-a-will/

She can contest it, don’t know how far she will get though but she can still contest it

Let her, she'll end up paying a lot, what's she contesting?

She says that she should have got the other half and it should be split between DH and her, not DH and the lady that looked after her. Says she wasn't of sound mind, unsure how she knows this as she hadn't seen her for a year.

law on Scotland is different to England / wales

She'd have to prove she was not of sound mind

Also think the fact that she was left the painting weakens her case as she has not been left out.
There was a will contested in my Mum’s family and it caused a lot of upset - and nothing was changed so it was a waste of time , money and emotional energy.

My starting point might be that the estate doesnt seem worth fighting over

A solicitor doesn’t really add anything except make sure the formalities are correctly addressed (eg the witnesses shouldn’t benefit). I would just let her crack on, as others have noted, the fact she is left something suggests she was considered and it was intentional not to bequeath more and the evidence of the lack of relationship all suggests it should stand.

As PP have pointed out of course she can but she will probably be wasting her time and money, especially if the estate is that small

Thanks all, its not worth contesting imo, maybe £7k in all, not pocket change but by the time she has paid a solicitor it doesn't seem worth it.

If the will wasn't legal wouldn't it be viewed as her having died Intestate, i.e. without a will?

If so I think her children would indeed get half each and the lady nothing.

A solicitor could confirm either way.

You can’t contest a will just because you don’t like it. There have to be grounds for contesting such as tng person being coerced, or not of sound mind or something.

I would ignore her. Five minutes at the solicitors will tell her it’s not worth out over £3500 and she’s no case anyway,

Yep, just ignore it. Legal fees would far outweigh any gain.