Where can you sue a trustee of a Florida trust? Can you sue a foreign trustee in Florida? If you are a Florida beneficiary and want to exercise your rights, or seek to redress some wrongs in probate court, you should know about Florida Statute 736.0204.
Where Can You Sue a Florida Trustee?
- Palm Beach trust attorneys know that beneficiaries have many rights under theFlorida Trust Code.
- Part of an estate attorney’s practice includes advising beneficiaries of their rights or advising Florida trustees about what their obligations and fiduciary duties are.
- If a Florida trust beneficiary needs to sue a trustee, and they have a trust that is administered according to Florida law, where can the beneficiary sue them?
- A beneficiary Delray Beach can definitely sue the trustee in the principal place of administration of the trust.
- There are three places, under the relevant statute, where you can sue a Florida trustee.
- To learn more about where you can sue a trustee, click here to read Florida Statute 736.0204.
Florida Statute 736.0202
- What if you have a trust governed according to Florida Law, you live in Florida, but the trustee lives somewhere else?
- Can you sue a foreign or non-Florida trustee in Florida?
- If you wish to sue a trutee of a Florida trust, who lives in Boston, New York, or another state, click here to read Florida Statute 736.0202.
- In 2013, the Florida Legislature changed Florida trust law regarding personal jurisdiction over beneficiaries and trustees.
- You may now be able to sue a non-Florida trustee in Florida probate court.
- If you’re thinking about getting involved in West Palm Beach trust and estates litigation, or if your a Boca Raton trust lawer, you need to be familiar with the personal jurisdiction laws in Florida.
- You should talk to your attorney about whether Florida Statute 736.0202 will allow you to sue a non-Florida trustee in Palm Beach probate court.