3 Things You Need to Read About Palm Beach Probate & Divorce– when Florida probate & divorce law “collide”: July 1, 2015 4th DCA Case about Florida Probate Law 732.507

Are you involved in a Palm Beach probate and there is an issue of who inherits the Florida estate after a divorce?  …. if you have a Ft. Lauderdale probate and there is an issue of whether a former spouse, an ex-spouse, inherits, then you NEED to read this July 1, 2015 Palm Beach probate appeal from Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal.  What do you do when someone does not remove their ex-wife from the will?  Are you familiar with Florida Probate Law 732.507 and whether an ex spouse inherits if they are still listed in the Florida will?

What if I don’t remove my ex-spouse from the will and I get divorced?

• Who inherits from the estate if you get divorced in Florida?
• What if your ex-husband is still listed in the will: does he inherit if you divorced him in Florida?
• What if you get divorced and the Boynton Beach Last Will says “all to my wife” or “I leave my estate to my husband“…. but you don’t have a wife or husband 6 months down the road because you got divorced in Delray Beach?
• You need to read Florida Estate Law 732.507.
• The Palm Beach appeals court, sitting in West Palm Beach, and hearing probate appeals for Broward County and Palm Beach County, understands that when people go through a divorce, they often don’t change their Boca Raton estate plan until later
• This is a case where the “worlds” of Palm Beach probate “collide” with Palm Beach or Florida estate law

Who inherits the joint bank accounts in Palm Beach if I get divorced?

• What if my ex-wife’s or ex-husband’s name is still on my Palm Beach bank account?
• What if I forgot to take my ex-wife’s name off the Palm Beach Gardens bank account after the divorce?
• What is there is a retirement account in Boca Raton, or a 401(k) plan or IRA retirement fund and I forgot to take my ex-husband’s name off of it as beneficiary and we get divorced?
• Have your probate lawyer Boca Raton read Florida Probate Statute 732.507.

How can I read more about Palm Beach probate, Florida estates & divorce?

• There are 3 things you need to read about Palm Beach probate & divorce
• Consider reading this July 1, 2015 Palm Beach probate case opinion from the 4th DCA in Florida
• The case of Carroll v. Israelson can be read for free here at this link:http://www.4dca.org/opinions/July%202015/07-01-15/4D13-4532.op.pdf
• In this Palm Beach probate appeal, the personal representative of a Broward estatewas sued
• The 4th DCA hears Florida probate appeals from Stuart, Florida, to Palm Beach Gardens to Ft. Lauderdale and Plantation, Florida
• Second,  you need to read Florida’s Probate Code about estates, inheritances and divorces.
• Read Florida Statute 732.507, which can be read online for free by doing a simple Google search.
• But, you can also “click” this link here to read the Florida Probate Law on inheritances & divorce in Ft. Lauderdale and Palm Beach: F.S. 732.507:  http://www.leg.state.fl.us/STATUTES/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0700-0799/0732/Sections/0732.507.html
• Finally, you can read a general article on divorce & probate law, which is not specific to Florida, but provides good background for the issues of death, Florida inheritances & divorce and who inherits things like bank accounts, and who inherits under a will, or…. what happens when a personal representative should deal with a prenuptial agreement Boca Raton: http://www.pankauskilawfirm.com/When-Worlds-Collide-The-Interlay-Between-FamilyLaw-and-Probate-Administration.pdf
• Here , again, is the link to read the Palm Beach probate opinion written just days ago, for free: http://www.4dca.org/opinions/July%202015/07-01-15/4D13-4532.op.pdf