A personal representative (sometimes called an executor of a will) in Florida is the person who carries out the will and wishes of a decedent. But the duties of a personal representative, as West Palm Beach Probate litigation attorneys will tell you, stretch beyond the will:

Recently we reported on a story published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune regarding the exploitation of the elderly by the guardians appointed to protect them.  (See the story here: http://extra.heraldtribune.com/kindness-strangers/ )

When the elderly work with attorneys to plan their estate and create probate tools like trusts, we would like to think that the attorney is working with the best interest of the client in mind.  However, a recent California case on the financial exploitation of an elderly woman by her estate planning attorney shows that isn’t always the case:

When you have multiple residences in different states, estate planning in Florida can sometimes become a little bit confusing.