These days more and more snowbirds own property in West Palm Beach while residing up North. Which probate court is superior? The West Palm Beach and the Pennsylvania court both want control in a case out of the Fourth District Court of Appeal. If you have property in multiple states you may want to learn more.
Do you have a default judgment against you in your capacity as a Palm Beach trustee? Do you know how toset aside a default judgment for excusable neglect? If you want to set aside a default judgment but you had fair notice of the complaint you may want to consider pleadingexcusable neglect. Check out what happened in a case out of the Fourth District Court of Appeals.
Are you a personal representative of an estate subject to creditors? In a recent case out of the Fourth District Court of Appeal two banks claimed entitlement to a promissory note held on a property. The court was tasked with deciding who gets paid. As a personal representative do you know whom to pay?
Does your Palm Beach trust have an arbitration clause? Do you know how to figure out if a case is subject to the arbitration clause? You may want to hear what the Fourth District Court of Appeals had to say in a May 6, 2015 case about determining arbitrability.
Do you know when its time to dispose of a West Palm Beach estate? Do you know what has to be done to wind up an estate? Make sure that everything is settled before you finalize everything. Check out what the Fourth District Court of Appeal had to say about winding up an estate in a case filed yesterday, May 6, 2015.
Are you in a Palm Beach trust dispute? Are you about to go into mediation or non-binding arbitration over the issues? Did you know that the probate court might need to sign off on a mediation settlement agreement? You may want to see what a San Antonio (Texas) Court of Appeals had to say about the matter in a March 4, 2015 case.
Are you engaged in a West Palm Beach will contest? Has the court dismissed your case because you failed to follow an order? You may be able to appeal. Take a look at what the Third District Court of Appeal had to say about a party’s right to appeal a dismissal for failure to follow trial orders.
Do you know what the doctrine of dependent revocation is? You may want to see what the Supreme Court of Georgia had to say about this doctrine that may re-validate a revoked Palm Beach will.
Are you involved in probating a will in West Palm Beach? Has a relative that you do not trust been named as thepersonal representative because the will’s original appointee declined to exercise the power? So now you seek to remove the personal representative? You may want to see what the Civil Appeals Court of Alabama had to say about the matter in a March 20, 2015 case.
Did you know that you could waive your Palm Beach inheritance? But why would you want to do that? The answer may surprise you. Check out these 2 important reasons you may want to waive your inheritance in West Palm Beach.