Do you know what a charging lien is? Are you and your brother involved in a Palm Beach will contest? Do you know how much your attorney’s fees will be? You may want to see what the Fourth District Court of appeal had to say about the matter.
Are you the beneficiary of a trust that holds property that is the subject of a lawsuit? Are you concerned that you may need to bring a counterclaim against the person suing you? Did you know that yourtrustee has an obligation to initiate suit on your behalf? Take a look at what a trustee had to do in a recent case out of the Fourth District Court of Appeal.
Are you looking at a large Palm Beach inheritance? Think it’s enough to satisfy the whole family? You may want to see how even a 1.7 billion dollar estate was not enough to quiet the Jackson family.
Did you and your ex-wife or ex-husband create a irrevocable trust for the benefit of minor children? Are you joint trustees? Do you know what would happen in the event of marriage dissolution? That was the same problem faced by the Court of Appeals in Houston, take a look.
Has your relative abused their authority as a trustee? Do you know what remedy you have from trust mishandling and trust misappropriation in West Palm Beach probate court? You may want to see what the Washington Court of Appeals had to say about the matter.
Did your relatives leave you property through a Palm Beach trust? Do you suspect that thetrustee has misappropriated funds? Do you know what remedies you have in West Palm Beach probate court? Check out what the Fourth District Court in California had to say about the matter of trustee misappropriation.
What happens when non-probate accounts are placed into a trust when they were meant to transfer free of trust to you? Can you get trust property separated from the trust through a West Palm Beach court order? Before you run into court you may want to see what happened to a plaintiff with a similar contention in an Illinois Court of Appeals case.
Experienced Palm Beach probate litigators know that a West Palm Beach probate appeal can get expensive. Are you considering filing an appeal pro se because you cannot afford an attorney? Did you know you might end up being taxed with extra costs for an untimely appeal? Check out what happened in the case of In re Estate of Watkins on April 1, 2015.
Can you seek punitive damages following a tortious interference with your inheritance of expectancy interest? Do you know what punitive damages are? Is your Palm Beach Probate attorneyprepared to seek punitive damages? Check out what the court in Iowa had to say in a May 6, 2015 case.
Do you have a will in another state that is valid, are you sure that it will be upheld by Florida? Are you sure that the will can be admitted to probate in West Palm Beach? Just because a will is admissible in one state does not mean it will be in Florida, check out a case out of California that upheld aholographic will. Do you think it would have been admissible in Florida?