What statute of limitations is applicable to paternity actions? How do Florida courts determine beneficiaries of a putative father’s intestate estate? According to Florida law, what does it mean to die intestate? If you are involved in inheritance litigation, you may want to read Rose v. Sonson, a Third DCA opinion regarding paternity and an intestate estate.
What is the third party beneficiary doctrine? Does it bind a third party to an arbitration clause in an agreement? What did the Supreme Court of Florida have to say last week regarding this issue? What should Florida probate litigators and trust and estates lawyers know about the third party beneficiary doctrine?
Are you involved in contract litigation in Florida? Does a contract you signed or created include an arbitration provision? What should your Florida probate litigator know about third party beneficiaries? If you are involved in a lawsuit regarding a contract with an arbitration provision, in Florida, you may want to read Mendez v. Hampton Court Nursing Center, LLC.
According to a September 28, 2016 USA Today article, Shimon Peres has passed away at 93 years old. He was renowned as a peace leader and “Israel’s most senior statesman.” What does his estate consist of? Who will inherit from it? Did he set up an estate plan that resembles a Florida estate plan? What did his estate planning lawyer advise him to do to protect his wealth?
West Palm Beach probate litigators know, and statistics show, that young people tend to pass away without an estate plan. This makes sense since death is the last thing on a healthy, young person’s mind. Unfortunately, however, young lives are sometimes taken away way too soon. Did twenty-four year old Jose Fernandez die without a will? If he did, what will happen to his Miami estate? Will his pregnant girlfriend inherit from his Florida estate?
Sadly, the sport’s world mourns the loss of two great athletes who both passed away this weekend. Jose Fernandez was a pitcher for the Miami Marlins. At only twenty-four years old, he had proven to Major League Baseball to be a star. Arnold Palmer, a famous golfer and drink inventor, passed away a legend at 87 years old. Who will inherit from their estates? Did Jose Fernandez have a Florida will at such a young age? Did Arnold Palmer have a will as an elderly person?
How does dementia affect will contests in West Palm Beach? What is dementia? What do probate litigators need to know about mental illnesses like dementia and Alzheimer’s? Was your grandmother, who had dementia, unduly influenced by your mom to change her will? Did your dad’s dementia make him incompetent at the time he wrote his will? Unfortunately, many people, especially seniors, are afflicted with dementia. A September 23, 2016 New York Times article reveals that Monty Python star, Terry Jones, is now suffering from the terrible illness.
How can having a valid estate plan prove beneficial to someone with dementia? Don’t estate plans only affect me when I die? What do Florida probate litigators know about dementia and undue influence? Can you create a valid will after your doctor tells you that you have Dementia or Alzheimer’s? Can you amend your Florida trust or will even though you have severe dementia and are being influenced by a family member?
In Florida, a lot of estate planning attorneys write charitable trusts for their clients. Many times, a charitable remainder trust may make sense for those that are charitably inclined. There are, however, those trust lawyers or estate planning attorneys in Palm Beach who don’t believe a charitable trust is worth creating. Why? Because of the control and money you have to give up in the name of an income tax deduction. There are those lawyers who, to the contrary, recommend that you KEEP your money, DON’T create a charitable trust or a charitable remainder trust, and give money, or shares of appreciated property, annually as you wish. But out in California, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, are taking charitable giving to a higher level. And not only in dollar figures, but in the way they make their charitable donations.
Do you know how to recover property which someone has taken from you in an estate or trust? A conversion lawsuit may be your way to get your money or property back, but you need to understand these three things from a September 21, 2016 Florida 1st District Court of Appeal opinion.