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Florida Inheritance Litigation Involving Family Disputes

Uncategorized Jan 18, 2019
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Has a family member recently passed away in Florida? Are you the beneficiary of a West Palm Beach or Orlando will? Are you named as the personal representative of a Florida estate? Did you just discover that you may be inheriting from an estate in Florida? You may need a probate lawyer. Probate lawyers frequently encounter disputes between the beneficiaries of the estate and the personal representative. Usually, both the beneficiaries and the personal representatives are family members. It’s crazy to think that family members would spend thousands and thousands of dollars to fight each other in an estate battle, but it happens all the time! You may want to check out a January 9,2019 Fourth DCA opinion, Goodstein v. Goodstein

Here, the beneficiaries and the personal representative obviously are not in agreement on many issues. To name a few, there was a lawsuit regarding the appointment of the personal representative, and another concerning the personal representative’s failure to timely provide information about the estate assets. These are just a few examples of the types of issues that were fought about in case, and that are frequently fought about in probate litigation. To read the case in its entirety, click here. To consult with an aggressive probate litigation lawyer, free of charge, call (561)514-0900 ext.101.