Estate of Mooney: Case Dismissed for Improper Service of Process. What do Probate Lawyers Need to Know About Service of Process?

If you plan on getting involved in a Florida probate litigation lawsuit such as a  will contest you will have to serve the other side. Service is not as simple as e-mailing the other side’s Florida trust lawyer though. Check out this recent case out of Washington State to learn why that is insufficient service of process. 

Service of Process

• Estate lawyers in Florida know that service of process is very important.
• Back before we all could search the internet from our phones, it was difficult to get notice of what was going on in the world.
• So how would you expect someone to learn that a probate litigation attorney had been retained to file a lawsuit against them?
• Florida probate lawyers know that is where service of process comes in.
• Service of process gives notice by having an individual there in person to hand someone documents.
• Surely, that will put them on notice right?
• Florida estate lawyers know that improper service could destroy the entire probate lawsuit if not fixed.
• Probate attorneys Florida avoid this problem by hiring properly trained and often licensed process servers in their probate lawsuit.
• Florida estate attorneys still deal with the occasional claim of improper service but can usually over come it.
• Check out this recent probate appeal from Washington State to learn why hiring experienced counsel and experienced process servers is so important.

Estate of Mooney

• This was an appeal from the probate court in Washington State.
• The petitioner had his will contest dismissed for improper service of process.
• Instead of hiring a process server (which usually costs less than $90) he decided toemail his will contest to the other side’s probate attorney.
• Sounds like it gave notice right?
• Too bad it was not enough notice at least pursuant to the law in Washington State.
• Do not make it into a guessing game, serve someone right the first time.
• Experienced Palm Beach probate litigators would never make this mistake.

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Check out the entire case of Estate of Mooney by clicking here.

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