The legal winds of change are blowing across America in 2014. January provides a fast start for this new year with cutting-edge legal issues. What is this all mean for #Florida inheritance rights? And how is everything possibly connected?

Florida trusts hold a lot of money. I’ve never seen any estimates, or studies, but anyone’s best guess is that Florida trusts hold billions and billions of dollars.

Just days ago, a Florida appeals court reviewing a Florida divorce case made a        very     important ruling   —  MAJOR ! — affecting Florida divorce law  and Florida prenuptial agreements. This is a major ruling regarding Florida family law, an attempt to challenge a prenuptial agreement, and a setback for Florida husbands and wives who want a prenuptial agreement validated.

Did someone promise to leave an inheritance to you in Florida? If so, you better get it in writing. Oral promises to make a Florida will, or to leave an inheritance under Florida law are invalid.

Were you    disinherited from a    Florida    estate  ? Were you    cut out   from a Florida will  ?

Did someone promise to leave an inheritance to you in Florida? If so, you better get it in writing. Oral promises to make a Florida will, or to leave an inheritance under Florida law are invalid.

Experienced   Florida   trial   lawyers, and those whose practice is limited to litigation in Florida, have all come across clients who want  a  judge  removed. What does it take to remove a Florida trial judge? Does it make sense to do that? And is it really in the client’s best interests to seek to disqualify a Florida trial judge?

When can you disqualify a Florida lawyer ? If you are involved in Florida litigation, and believe that the other side’s attorney may be a  witness at your trial, consider a recent ruling from a Florida appeals court about disqualifying a Florida trial lawyer.

How can you win your case without spending money on a full-blown trial? Go for Florida   summary   judgment! Everyone knows that litigation in Florida is expensive. When you can win without a trial, that saves clients lots of money and lots of time. But you have to do it the right way.

FLORIDA LAW ON ATTORNEYS FEES Florida litigation can be costly. After all, there’s legal work to be performed by lawyers, trial lawyers, paralegals, and investigators, who handle preparation for hearings strategy, discovery, document gathering, interviewing witnesses , and attendance at trial. Florida follows the “American rule“.