How Can Florida Estate Lawyers Serve a Trustee Through Publication?

Do you want to file a trust lawsuit in Florida against an evasive trustee? Do you know what constructive service is? You may be able to serve a trustee by publication in Florida do you know how? Check out this recent case out of the Fourth District Court of Appeal to learn more.

Constructive Service

• Florida probate lawyers know that in order to get jurisdiction over the person you have to serve them.
• What does that mean?
• Usually estate attorneys Florida have to serve personally the other party through a process server.
• Florida will contest lawyers know that is not always as easy as it may appear.
• So what are the other options?
• This is where probate attorneys Florida may consider using constructive service.
• Do you know what that means?
• Florida Statutes allow those involved in Florida trust litigation to serve people without personal service.
• This is only allowed in certain instances though.
• Do you know why?
• For one constructive service may not actually give notice which may be unfair.
• Why else are Florida courts skeptical about constructive service?
• Check out this recent case to learn more about constructive service in Florida.

Boca Stel 2, LLC v. Trust

• This was an appeal that centered around constructive service.
• Do you know what that means?
• Constructive service is how Florida estate attorneys can get jurisdiction when a trustee avoids personal service.
• How can you really avoid personal service in the State of Florida?
• Some people just ignore the service processor altogether!
• So now what?
• How does one do constructive service?
• One way to constructively serve someone is to publish in the newspaper.
• Florida estate lawyers know this can be tricky.
• What is the lesson from this case?
• Make sure you follow the rules on constructive service to avoid a headache on appeal.

Want to learn more?

Check out the entire case by clicking here.

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