If you got cut out of a will or a Boca Raton estate plan and believe that it was the fault of the estate planning attorney Palm Beach, you might be thinking about suing for malpractice.  A new estate planning malpractice case was just handed down on October 29, 2014 by the Supreme Court of South Carolina and it’s got everyone talking about writing wills & trusts and estate planning malpractice, including here in Palm Beach.

If you are involved in a Palm Beach trust, either as a trust beneficiary or a  trustee of a family trust, you may want to read this VERY RECENT case on Florida trust accountings.  This legal opinion came from the Palm Beach appeals court: the 4th District Court of Appeal which sits in West Palm Beach, Florida.  Anyone involved in litigation trusts Palm Beach can read this opinion online for free.

A recent Florida homestead case from West Palm Beach’s 4th District Court of Appeal is already causing estate attorneys Palm Beach to lodge questions about this Florida QPRT case even though it’s only 24 hours old.   If you are involved with inheritance litigation or probate litigation involving Florida homestead and deeds, or a qualified personal residence trust or QPRT, you may want to read this case.  Probate attorneys from Boca Raton to Jupiter, Florida are suggesting that this homestead opinion has presented more questions than answers:

Can your parents disinherit you?  Or are you entitled to a share of their estate? These are questions which many adult children ask a Probate Litigator Palm Beach when they have learned that their mother or father has died—-and they did not have a close relationship with them.  If you want to see an online Florida probate video on disinheriting your children, heirs and next of kin, the link is below.

What if the Florida will gives the entire estate to a son, but there is a creditor of the estate?  Who inherits? Family or creditor?  Creditor rights is an interesting and important area of Florida probate law; just ask any estate litigator Boca Raton.  If you are a creditor of a deceased person, or you areinheriting money from a Palm Beach probate and wonder whether you get paid before some big creditor, consider watching a new, free Florida probate video on Florida estate creditors.

If you are involved in probate litigation, a Palm Beach probate, or Florida Homestead, you may want to read this probate appeal which was just handed down by the Florida Appeal court in West Palm Beach. It involves a Broward County deceased spouse, a deed into a QPRT (qualified personal residence trust) and inheritance rights of one’s homestead.  This is a Florida homestead litigation case.

If you have lost a loved one or there is a Palm Beach probate going on, you may have some very basic questions.  If you are an estate beneficiary or an heir or family member, you may wonder what are the fiduciary duties of the executor of a will?

Wondering who gets to run the probate estate and be in charge of millions of  $$$ ?  After all, doesn’t everyone want to be the estate administrator?  Well if you are wondering who can be the executor of the will in aPalm Beach probate, you may want to see a new, free, Florida probate video.

Guardianship litigation is exploding and not just in Palm Beach County.  Here  is a recent, October 17, 2014 guardianship case involving mis appropriating $1 Million, the removal of a guardian and a malpractice lawsuit against the prior guardian’s probate lawyers.  If you are involved in a guardianship matter and believe that the guardian may be taking money or not doing things properly, you may want to read this case.

Wondering about the difference between an Estate Administrator & a Palm Beach Personal Representative?  Knowing the difference may help you with the probate process.