Are you the trustee of a Florida trust?  Maybe you are the successor trustee of your mom or dad’s revocable trust which they had when the lived in Boca Raton.  You thought that a Florida revocable trust wouldavoid Florida Probate and you would not have to deal with a brother or sister or step-parentthat you don’t like or don’t get along with.  But you agreed to serve as successor trustee of the Florida living trust and the beneficiaries are giving you, the Florida trustee, a hard time. Here are 5 pointers on how to deal with crazy Florida trust beneficiaries if you are aFlorida trustee of a trust.

OK, so you are a Florida trustee and your trust beneficiaries, or maybe just one trust beneficiary is driving you nuts.  What is a Florida trustee to do?  Let’s say that your mother or father had a few bucks and lived in Boca Raton where their estate planning lawyer created a living trust, also known as a Florida revocable trust. Now, mom and dad have passed, and their last income taxes were paid and the US Estate Tax was paid and the Palm Beach probate has beenclosed…..leaving just the family trust.   They named you as successor trustee !  And now you have to deal with a sister or brother you can’t stand?  What is a Palm Beach trustee to do?

Do you know what an elective share is? In West Palm Beach  as a widow or widower you have a statutory right to thirty percent of the elective estate of your loved one after they pass, regardless of what was left in the will for you. But how do you calculate the elective estate? Is it the same as the probate estate? Far from it, learn the differences.

Experienced Palm Beach probate litigators know that times and  feelings change, that means so do our client’s Last Will and Testament. The law is clear though about changes to a will or codicil, do you know what it says? Those “additions” you made might not be valid in fact you may have thought you revoked your will and didn’t. Do you know the rules? Learn them here.

So you filled out a West Palm Beach will with all the formalities  does that mean you are done? You may want to consider adding a self proving affidavit to make the witnesses’ lives easier. Do you know what this West Palm Beach probate document is and what it looks like? Make probate easier, consider adding one. Don’t know where to start? Start here and learn more.

Involved in a Palm Beach will contest or maybe a Florida will challenge?  If so, here are 4 things to consider about will challenges in Palm Beach.  Put another way, if you are involved in a will contest Florida, here are some pointers or perspectives on probate litigation West Palm Beach that you might also think of as frequently asked questions about probate Florida. Surviving spouse or widow to a Florida probate?  Maybe a stepson or step daughter is objecting to the probate or your inheritance from the Palm Beach estate?  Well, then, even if you are not the one filing the will contest, you may want to read this commentary on Palm Beach probateand probate litigation Palm Beach County.

Have you just completed an executed West Palm Beach  will and estate plan? Do you know how your estate is going to function? West Palm Beach probate litigators know more and more of a persons estate is turning into non probate assets as will substitutes and testamentary trusts become more and more common. Check out these three common non-probate assets. Did you know these will not be touched by the personal representative?

Did someone cut you out of a Florida probate improperly?  Did you lose your Florida inheritance because someone did something bad?  If you were dis-inherited or cut out of a Florida probate, before you file that will contest Florida or perhaps at the same time your probate litigation law firm Florida is talking to you about objecting to the Florida will, consider the probate or civil remedy of tortuous interference with an inheritance.

Do you know what West Palm Beach discovery is?  Are you involved in a civil dispute regardingtortious interference with an expectancy or other interest? You may have to sit for a formal deposition, admit to the authenticity of documents and more. Do you know the different tools for civil discovery in West Palm Beach? Not only do you need to be able to answer these competently, you better be able to use them on your own to win your case. Find out how.

Were you and your family the victims of an estate planning  attorney’s negligence? Was failure to plan, failure to advise or follow basic rules the reason that your family member’s will was denied probate admission? You may have grounds for a claim of legal malpractice in West Palm Beach. Do you know what to do? Learn more about how Florida has expanded the doctrine of legal malpractice to protect family members hurt by poor estate planning and malpractice.