Sometimes it may feel like an estate is going to exist forever. Maybe your mother left life estates to friends or families. May she also has devised the remainder to you and others, does the estate stay open until the life estate terminates? At some point a Delray Beach Personal Representativemay desire to move on and ask the question can the court help? A Personal Representativein New York did just that in the case of In re Estate of Grutzner, how do you think the court responded?

The attorney-client privilege and the work-product doctrine are vital to the client’s ability to freely confide in his lawyer. These legal rules are important for the Palm Beach commercial litigator in protecting information relating to the representation of the commercial client.

Palm Beach Probate lawyers know that a jury can be a toss up. What happens when a jury returns a verdict in your Delray Beach will contest that simply does not reflect what the facts presented? Can you challenge a jury verdict without appealing? Have you considered using a judgment not withstanding the verdict (also called judgment n.o.v.)?

Any Palm Beach probate litigator may want to read this recent mental anguish case.  For that matter, business litigators West Palm Beach may want to read this recent, April 15, 2015 4th District Court of Appeal (Florida) opinion on evidence.

West Palm Beach Probate Litigators know that a statute of limitations   limits your ability to bring a claim in court. Do you know how long the statute of limitations is on your particular claim? Is it 6 months or 6 years? If you have a claim for malpractice does the claim start when you learn of it or when the attorney commits the alleged malpractice?

More and more people are going to online legal document websites everyday, making mistakes like unsigned and undated trust documents more common than ever. Will the Palm Beach Probate Court enforce anunsigned will? Does it make any difference if the document is related to a trust? In a February 26, 2015 case out of the Superior Court of Connecticut a trust document was upheld (enforced) despite the fact that the only remaining copy was undated and unsigned.

A lawsuit can be quite a headache, and if its just a civil case what could really happen if you do nothing? Thats probably the wrong attitude to have if you have been sued in Palm Beach Court. Do you know what a default judgment is? Can someone levy a sale of your home or other assets because of a default judgment? What protections does Florida law provide you in this regard?

Just having a good narrative is not enough in litigation you need to prove   a case, but how? You put on evidence, to sway a jury that your relative’s will was written under the influence of a relative proving your claim for undue influence to set aside a will in Palm Beach Probate Court. Do you know what evidence you will need to prove your claim? Are you even sure that evidence is admissable in court?

In America, we have a federal system of government which leaves us   two bodies of courts – Federal and State, each, with their own distinct areas of jurisdiction that sometimes unfortunately overlap. So, if you are involved in a probate claim, do you want to be in federal court or state probate court?  Or…. if a man from New York hits you while they are visiting Miami Beach, you may have a state claim in federal court. Did you know that this diversity jurisdiction does not apply to probate matters due to a so called Probate Exception to federal jurisdiction?

Are you involved in a breach of contract case in Miami and want to collect    money damages? You may want to read what the Miami Appeal Court said in a recent April 8, 2015, decision.