If you are a Florida widow or a surviving spouse of someone who just passed away in Florida, you have a GUARANTEED INHERITANCE.  There is a new video on Palm Beach probate which talks about your GUARANTEED survivor rights as a Florida widow or spouse.  Here is a Florida probate video which you can watch for free online about survivor rights to Florida probates, including the guaranteed survivor rights of a widow or wife or husband under Florida estate law: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwB4ySmvS4A&feature=youtu.be What are my rights as a widow under Florida probate law? Palm Beach probates provide very valuable inheritance rights for widows and wives and husbands who survive Under the Florida probate code, a spouse can automatically inherit 30-50% of the Palm Beach estate depending on a number of factors such as Was there a Florida will? Did the Florida will leave you out?  Cut you out? Disinherited? Did the Florida will leave everything to someone else like an old spouse or a different beneficiary? Did your husband or wife forget to change the will? Are all his assets in joint accounts or survivor accounts?  Pay on death?  Do you know how to get those ? If there is not will, you can still inherit 50% or half of the Boca Raton estate. Delray Beach probate lawyers know that it doesn’t (necessarily) matter what the will or the Boynton Beach living trust says.  Widows get a guaranteed inheritance in Palm Beach estates! Unless you waived your estate rights or signed a […]

If you have rich parents, you may be wondering about your Florida inheritance, right ? And you may be wondering if you can be disinherited, particularly if your mom or dad just married someone new.   There is a New York probate litigation case which involves these issues, not that different than the estate lawsuits we see in Palm Beach County Probate Court

If you are trustee Palm Beach and are involved in a trust lawsuit Florida  or legal issue of restitution, you may want to read a recent, November 5, 2014 Florida trust appeals case from Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeal.  This Florida trust case also deals with the legal issues of res judicata and the rule against splitting causes of action, which your trust litigator Delray Beach may want to know about.

Ask any probate litigator Palm Beach and they will probably tell you that, for good or bad, guaridanship lawsuits Florida are exploding.  Adult children now face off against each other, against their mom or dad’s most recent spouse, in a battle to control someone’s personal rights and freedoms or Florida property.   There is a recent, August 27, 2014 Florida appeals case on attorneys fees inFlorida guardianships that you may want to read if you are involved in guardianship litigation Palm Beach.

If you are involved in probate litigation Palm Beach, and may go to mediation or are talking about a probate settlement agreement, you may want to read this October 15, 2014 case from Palm Beach’s appeals court, the 4th District Court of Appeal (Florida’s 4th DCA). 

Are you the trustee of a Florida trust and you have to deal with trust beneficiaries who are, shall we say, a pain in the $*^ ? Maybe your mother or brother from Boca Raton, Florida named you assuccessor trustee of their revocable trust and now you administer the trust. Here are 5 things you, as a Palm Beach trustee, should NOT do when you are running the Florida trust.

In the September 1, 2014 Florida Bar News, it was reported that a Florida mediator was disciplined by a committee under authority of the Florida Supreme Court.  Heirs, next of kin and estate beneficiaries Palm Beach who are involved in estate litigation are often ordered to attend mediation by the Florida Probate Court before any probate trial.  What does this mean for those involved in probate litigation Palm Beach who may be required to mediate their estate lawsuit?

Anyone involved in probate litigation in Delray Beach to Palm Beach Gardens wants to be able to get their proofadmitted into evidence.  Ask any Boca Raton probate litigation law firm or any probate litigator in West Palm Beach and they will tell you that in will contests or trust cases, documents like medical records and financial statements are important.  In trust cases, trust accountings under the Florida Trust Code are particularly important. So, here is a recent Palm Beach appeals case on the hearsay rule and the Florida business records exception.

If you are involved in a probate Palm Beach, or a trust lawsuit Florida, you  know that Florida attorneys fees are an important part of your Palm Beach probate litigation strategy.  …especially if you are involved in a will contest Florida or a will challenge Palm Beach.  A recent Palm Beach appeals case speaks to the issue of how you prove your attorneys fees and how you get attorneys fees.   The opinion of the 4th District Court of Appeal was released November 5, 2014 and can be read for free online.  It is not a probate case.

Involved in estate litigation ? Before your estate lawsuit Palm Beach goes to the jury, remember the do’s and don’ts that all probate litigators should follow.