Are you involved in a will contest or trust lawsuit? Did you file a petition to overturn a will or revoke probate? Is your probate litigatorWest Palm Beach knowledgeable about appeals? What is abusive discretion? An April 20, 2016 Fourth DCA appeal discusses abusive discretion by a trial judge in Florida.
What effect can testimony have at a Florida competency hearing? How will a probate judge West Palm Beach decide whether someone is incompetent or not? Sumner Redstone, former chairman of CBS and Viacom, is in the middle of a mental competency suit and, according to an article dated May 6,2016, it is unknown as to whether his testimony will have a positive or negative affect on his case.
What are punitive damages? Can I be awarded punitive damages in my Florida Probate Lawsuit? Can a punitive damage award be excessive to the point of being unconstitutional? If you are involved in trust and estates litigation or probate litigation in Florida, you may want to read a May 4,2016 Second District Court of Appeal(DCA)case that discusses the amount of punitive damages that can constitutionally be awarded.
Does a Florida trust beneficiary have six months or four years to sue a trustee for breach of fiduciary duty? If you are involved in a trust lawsuit West Palm Beach, or if you’re a beneficiary of a trust and other beneficiaries are suing the trustee, you need to know whether the statute of limitation is four years for breach of fiduciary duty or six months pursuant to a trust disclosure document. A May 4,2016 Fourth DCA opinion, regarding a Florida trust appeal, specifically discusses the statute of limitations that may protect a trustee of a Florida trust and also may help or hurt the beneficiary of a trust in Florida.
Are you a Florida Trustee being sued for breach of fiduciary duty? What can you do? What defenses are available in a Florida trust lawsuit? Should you hire a trust litigator Boca Raton? To see a FREE VIDEO about TRUST CONTESTS, or a trust challenge click HERE. What is res judicata? What is laches? You will want to read Woodward v. Woodward to find out.
If you are involved in Florida trust litigation where you are suing the trustee for breach of fiduciary duty and failure to provide an accounting, you may want to read the May 4,2016 Fourth DCA opinion in Woodward v. Woodward. You will definitely want to read this case if the trustee you are suing in yourFlorida trust lawsuit raises the defenses of laches and/or res judicata.
West Palm Beach, Florida probate lawyer, John Pankauski, is honored to be cited in one of the country’s top legal writing on trusts. The Restatement (Third) of Trusts is a legal treatise or authority and commentary on trust law, which is used by appellate courts, academics and Florida trust lawyers. Being referred to in the Restatement of Trusts is an honor and a recognition of the accomplishment of this Florida trust litigation lawyer.
How can I avoid the problems that Prince’s estate is facing? Why should I bother having aFlorida will or trust? Isn’t it expensive to hire a Florida probate attorneyto draft a will or trust for me? Everyone knows that Prince died unexpectedly and without a will. Therefore, intestacy laws will govern who inherits his estate. As we are learning from Prince’s estate, and as probate litigators West Palm Beach can tell you, dying without a will or trust may not be the best idea.
Are you dealing with a Florida guardianship case involving the deficient mental capacity of a person making or changing a Florida will? What if you are asked to testify in a Florida Guardianship trial? How do you prepare? Sumner Redstone, former chairman of CBS and Viacom, is in the middle of a mental competency suit and, according to an article dated May 2,2016, he will be required to testify.
Everyone knows that Prince died unexpectedly and without a will. Therefore, intestacy laws will govern who inherits his estate. But why is a trust company being appointed by a probate judge in Minnesota to oversee his estate? When should you hire a Florida probate lawyer or trust company to handle your Florida trust or estate?