HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM YOUR PALM BEACH PROBATE LITIGATION LAW FIRM
- So, you are involved in probate litigation in Palm Beach?
- ………Maybe a claim for tortuous interference with an inheritance?
- Or maybe a will challenge or will contest based upon undue influence?
- Maybe you just don’t like how the Palm Beach probate is being handled.
Well, if you have “lawyered up” and hired a probate litigator, one who actually tries cases and handles estate trials and appeals, here are some tips for heirs and beneficiaries on how to use your probate litigation law firm.
- Use your estate litigator as a sentry . He or she is there to protect you. So, be upfront and ask them: “What’s my downside?” “What happens if I lose the probate trial?” “What will you do to protect me?”
- Analyze the enemy. Who I am really fighting? The estate? My step brother? My sister, or her pain-in-the-ass-no-good-has-no-job husband ? If you know who is really calling the shots, you can better defend and go on the offense.
- Do we defend or go on the attack? How much offense do you need to play? What will help you the most?
- What if we are attacked? What’s the best way to anticipate what may be coming down the line and who may try to attack you…. And how ? (Remember: if you lose your probate trial, you will probably end up having your inheritance reduced or having to pay the other side’s probate litigation attorneys fees and costs).
- Are there alternatives to fighting? Can your probate litigator mediate? Effectively? Negotiate from STRENGTH?