“A federal appeals court found Utah’s laws banning same-sex marriage unconstitutional Wednesday” according to the Wall Street Journal. As this Florida probate blog has commented on previously, the legal ability of same sex couples to marry is just the tip of the legal iceberg.

Anyone who is interested in learning about how $9 Trillion is passing from one generation to another will want to listen up.  But before you think it’s as easy as using an ATM, it’s not.  Retirement account law, inheritance law and estate law all converge over IRAs, SEPs and retirement accounts in general.  You need to know your 401(k)’s from your trust inheritance.

Suing a family member over a revocable trust, Palm Beach probate or a Florida estate? When your grandfather, or his lawyer, reviewed his or her will years, and decades, ago, do you think they envisioned that his grandchildren, as adults , would sue each other?

Don’t be a Palm Beach or Boca Raton beneficiary who is counting their inheritance before it arrives…..it may not ! It seems that throughout Florida’s probate circles, lots of adult children EXPECT an inheritance. But consider an interesting theme sweeping the uber-wealthy: “I’m not leaving an inheritance for you.” Q: What? What about all those multi-million dollar Palm Beach trusts? A: Welcome to a growing, and perhaps disconcerting theme sweeping American and British wealthy: inheritances are not valued. Wealth is not valued: UNLESS you earn it. Look at the recent article in today’s London Observer about Sting not leaving an inheritance and the billionaire whose daughter expects not to inherit. Would this fly in Palm Beach? Palm Beach probate litigators would say “no!” So, here’s the take away: Do what our probate law firm in Palm Beach has always advised…Talk to your folks about money. Most of you won’t. More than most don’t have the gall to talk/ask for an inheritance. But remember: other than a widow, a Florida family member does NOT have a right to an inheritance.

The London Observer reported on a French family who is struggling with a loved one they believe has no feeling, no awareness, certainly no consciousness, and who has no chance of recovery… at all.

Florida probate law says that a personal representative of a Florida estate SHALL “publish a notice to creditors” promptly.

Now here’s a contract lawsuit which Florida has not seen the likes of: the Wall   Street Journal reports that the USJustice Department is now permitted to sue the former cycling great, Lance Armstrong.

If you are serving as a Personal Representative of a Florida estate and want to get out of that Probate Court appointed role, do you know how to do it?

The Pankauski Law Firm PLLC is known as a Florida probate litigation law law firm in West Palm Beach. With the addition of new partner Robert Hauser, the West Palm Beach law firm now offers legal services for complex commercial litigation, business litigation, and high dollar, sophisticated partnership and appellate work. Robert Hauser is a Florida Bar Board Certified attorney in Appellate law and has 17 years experience with Florida business litigation & appellate work in state and federal courts. Please take a look at what legal services the Pankauski Law Firm PLLC now offers:

Attorneys and paralegals from the Pankauski Law Firm PLLC, a West Palm Beach probate litigation law firm, celebrated the addition of Robert Hauser to the West Palm Beach law firm last evening in Palm Beach Gardens.