Curious why a cop inherited $2.4 Million from a 90 year old with dementia?  Well, people involved this probate litigation lawsuit want to know.

Florida probate lawyers in Palm Beach County know that guardianship lawsuits seem to be rising.  Adult children from Boca Raton, Florida waging guardianship lawsuits with Jupiter, Florida step-mothers and step-fathers over a failing — or maybe not — mother or father.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014–  There was an interesting article in the International New York Times recently about doctors speaking to, and advising, patients about end of life matters and procedures.  Are insurance companies paying for this?  Is the US actually confronting death and talking about it?  …. a marked change from past presidential politics discussing “death panels” ?  Are probate lawyers in Florida ready to advise clients on the probate issues &  guardianship matters with end of life planning?

John Pankauski, senior trial attorney and probate litigator of the Pankauski Law Firm PLLC, a West Palm Beach probate law firm, is finalizing his book on trustees

There are billions and trillions of dollars at stake in inheritance rights in Florida that no one is talking about. Question:   Why is no one talking about inheritance rights for same sex marriage?

Let’s say that you are a Florida trustee under a trust and that a beneficiary has sued you.   Before the trust lawsuit seems like a long walk off a short pier, calm down and think again.  Wait.   Evaluate.  Consider.   Here are 8 defenses which Palm Beach trust law firms use to defend you, or, rather, may use to defend you and protect you, the Florida trustee.

New Englanders have some questions for a copy who supposedly inherited a $2.7 Million estate.  Like….how did the cop get listed in the will when the woman who had the estate may have had dementia?

Your home is your castle, right?  And Florida estate lawyers know that homestead is a serious probate issue.  Or, better put, Florida homestead is a valuable property with valuable inheritance rights which go “outside” of Florida probate.

See, famous and wealthy Palm Beach residents are not the only ones struggling with estate taxes and how to leave an inheritance to their kids. Japanese: Planning for Probate and Billions in Wealth Shift

Media reports suggest that a mother was involved in the death of her child who was a trust beneficiary of a $1 Million Trust Fund .