Are you currently serving as the trustee or personal representative in  West Palm Beach? Does the other side, or beneficiaries keep filing frivolous lawsuits against you? You may have a cause of action against them for malicious prosecution! If a West Palm Beach lawyer told you that these were barred because of the litigation privilege, that may not be the case following a recent case out of the Fourth District Court of Appeal. 

Can you undo an improper inheritance after the fact? How do  you reopen a probate case in West Palm Beach? This is exactly the issue faced by a foreign court after the Czech Republic filed a probate suit against Lichtenstein’s prince! Is this a case from a movie, no just another day of inheritance lawsuits. 

Are you involved in a West Palm Beach will contest and the bills are piling up?  Do you know how to get the other side to pay for your attorney fees? There are a few ways to shift the costs in your West Palm Beachprobate lawsuit. These may even apply to the fees related to an appeal. Check out this recent case out of the Court of Appeals in Washington State to learn more. 

If you plan on filing a will contest you are going to have to serve the  other side. The question is when it comes to a West Palm Beach will contest who is the other side? Can you serve the personal representative’s probate attorney? Do you have to serve the PR personally? Knowing the rules of service is crucial to your success. 

It may sound like a story from a Disney movie but have you heard about  the widow who uses undue influence to disinherit her stepchildren? That is what allegedly happened in a recent probate lawsuit from the Supreme Court of Kansas! Learn how to prevent undue influence of your loved ones in West Palm Beach. 

Do you plan on leaving a substantial inheritance to a minor in West Palm Beach?  You may want to consider setting up a trustbecause otherwise you will want to proceed through with a guardianship. Do you understand the difference between these two unique solutions to protecting your inheritance in West Palm Beach? 

When does a will end up in civil court in West Palm Beach? You may  have an action for tortious interferencewith an inheritance or expectancy in West Palm Beach if an attorney in fact or guardian at litem sold property that you would get under the will. Do you know your rights in such a lawsuit?

you have a relative whose estate is about to pass through intestacy?  If there were old wills that were revoked a rarely applied doctrine may come into play in West Palm Beach. Have you heard of thedoctrine of dependent relative revocation? To learn more check out this recent case out of the Second District Court of Appeal. 

Have you ever heard of mutual wills? These are very common among  married individuals in West Palm Beach but they raise an interesting issue. What happens when someone breaches the contract and does not keep their mutual will after the other one dies? What type of probate lawsuit is available? To learn more check out this recent case out of the Supreme Court of Indiana. 

On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, in a detailed published opinion, the Fourth District held that the Public Guardian appointed by the Department of Elder Affairs cannot be forced to accept appointment as guardian in any particular case.