With the new year approaching you may be asking yourself what is going to change with Florida probate litigation.Ok, chances are unless you are a Florida trust lawyer that may not be the first thing that pops into your head at the start of the new year. Regardless, you may want to read about the new long-range strategic plans for the Florida Courts in 2016.
Are you involved in a Palm Beach probate trial? You may want to know how a jury is going to decide your damages in Florida probate litigation. Florida trust lawyers know that predicting something like that is almost impossible. Check out this recent case out of the Third District Court of Appeal to learn more.
Are you involved in a Palm Beach probate trial? You may want to know how a jury is going to decide your damages in Florida probate litigation. Florida trust lawyers know that predicting something like that is almost impossible. Check out this recent case out of the Third District Court of Appeal to learn more.
Florida probate litigation can get expensive which is why estate lawyers in Florida prefer to get the other side to pay the attorney fees and costs. Experienced Florida trust lawyers know that not every fee or cost should be sent to the other side, it depends on a set of rules. Do you know the rules? Check out this recent case out of the Third District Court of Appeal to learn more.
One part of Florida probate litigation and estate administration you may not have thought about is taxes. Florida trust lawyers know that unlike many States, Florida does not have an inheritance tax. As of tomorrow, Tennessee will join the ranks of States without a “death tax.” What do you need to know from your Florida probate attorney about Federal inheritance tax?
Do you think the judge has it in for you in Florida probate litigation? Or worse does it appear she does not like your Florida trust lawyer. You may be entitled to a new judge but do you know how to get what you are legally entitled to? Experienced Palm Beach and Florida probate litigation attorneys know that getting a judge to admit bias can be hard to do. Are you prepared to appeal if necessary to keep your judge unbiased? That’s what one litigant had to do as part of a very high profile tobacco case in West Palm Beach, learn more.
Florida probate litigation is usually settled outside of Court by the one side’s Florida trust lawyer mediating with the other. Estate lawyers in Florida know that a probate trial is actually, quite rare. That being said, it happens. So what happens when you lose in West Palm Beach? You may have a chance on appeal.
Was your sister in the middle of a lawsuit in West Palm Beach and then passed away? This may have more to do with Florida probate litigation that your Florida trust lawyer originally let on. You are probably going to need to appoint a personal representative and to substitute out the parties. Does your estate lawyer in Florida know how to handle this?
Florida trust lawyers know that not all court orders are followed and that not all litigants come to court in good faith. That being said not every aspect of Florida probate litigation can be enforced through contempt order(s). Has your Florida probate attorney explained to you the role contempt orders play in enforcing the West Palm Beach probate judge’s orders?
Some Florida probate litigation involving trust disputes will be sent to arbitration, that is just the way it works. Florida trust lawyers know that when a case, filed in probate court is sent to arbitration the court case does not disappear. So what happens to it?