If you have family wealth, Florida has just made it easier to have your own family trust company .

If you are the trustee of a Florida trust, are you aware of any riparian rights? If you own land near water in Florida, you may want to read this recent Florida trust case.

Can someone find out how much you are worth just because a Florida lawsuit was filed?  What if you are not even a party, but just a witness, in the lawsuit?  Does that matter?

You’ve heard me refer to attorneys fees in Florida probate lawsuits as the ” X Factor.” When you are in the middle of a probate dispute or a Florida trust lawsuit, you don’t want to spend $100 on Florida probate lawyers over something that is worth only $50.  That only makes sense, right?

This is a Florida trust case with well known people and lots of money.   Joe Biden  III is the appellant in a Florida trust case which was just decided by the Florida appeals court of the Fifth District Court of Appeals.

Every probate lawyer knows a client or an estate beneficiary who has their attorney fees paid for by another.   Can you stop the person who pays those probate lawyers from re-litigating issues ?

Do you want to attend the reading of the will ?  Interested in learning  what the Florida will says and who inherits the Palm Beach probate ?

The International New York Times recently reported on a French doctor who was acquitted of ending the life of a dying patient. The doctor supposedly made the decision to terminate the patient’s life without consulting…with anyone. Florida residents, indeed Americans, must find this outrageous. In Florida, euthanasia is outlawed. But Florida probate law does permit you to have someone make health care decisions for you. Florida estate lawyers and elder lawyers are always drafting wills, revocable trusts, and health care documents.

What does probate mean and how is it different than estates or planning?

Involved in a Florida probate matter?  Maybe your rich aunt Jean died in Palm Beach Gardens and left you in charge.  Or, you are a beneficiary under your Uncle Lou’s estate plan and you don’t know what these Palm Beach probate documents are which you just received by certified mail from the Florida executor of the estate.