Can Lawyers & Guardians Be Trusted in probate matters?
If you don’t trust probate lawyers or guardians appointed by the Probate Court, a recent article supports your suspicions.
The Van Wert Independent is reporting that a probate lawyer faces discipline and a federal lawsuit over misappropriating $500,000 of clients’ accounts.
Can you trust a probate lawyer?
- Allegedly misappropriating funds
- Failing to properly handle the legal matters regarding a trust and a guardianship
- Trust beneficiary sues probate lawyer
Guardianship & Probate
- The probate lawyer was involved with a guardianship and then
- The ward evidently died, meaning there was a probate estate
- Mis appropriation of trust funds?
- These are serious allegations and, quite frankly, creepy
Role of Probate Lawyers
- After all, any probate attorney Palm Beach will tell you that a lawyer is a trusted fiduciary who is expected to be trustworthy, responsive and honest
- That’s right, even though society may poke fun at lawyers, from Boca Raton to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, probate attorneys take their role seriously
- You and your family should know how to guard against bad acts by any fiduciary, and what your rights are under the law