Are you involved in a real estate lawsuit action in Palm Beach?    You may want to read what the Palm Beach Appeal Court said in a recent April 8, 2015, decision.

When you communicate with your attorney, you probably  assume these conversations are privileged after all you need to be able to disclose any and everything to counsel to properly litigate your adversarial Palm Beach Probate matter. Can a Court order your attorney to produce those discussions? What type of process is used by the court to ensure that your private information vital to your Delray Will contest is protected? A recent case out of the Fourth DCA, FPL v. Hicks shows the process quite well. 

Are you thinking about leasing a property in Palm Beach?    You may want to read what the Fourth District Appeal Court said in a recent case, Griffin Industries, LLC v. Dixie Southland Corp.

When a document is protected because of its private nature in the law game   we call that being privileged another common phrasing is that something is “confidential.” Estate planning can involve many such documents, including financial documents that you would probably not want filed in a court making them public record. So what happens in a will contest when a Palm Beach litigant wants to aquire privileged documents to prove their case? Check out what the Supreme Court of Illinois had to say: 

Appealing an order can get expensive even if you do not win, so are you  sure that you are pursuing a viable appeal? The answer may suprise you. Are all orders appealable? Did you know that you could be denied an appeal because of semi-related legal issues that you have to resolve?Palm Beach Probate Lawyers know when its time to appeal, do you?

If you are in Palm Beach Probate Court you are probably aware of your right to appeal certain decisions of the Court. Palm Beach Appeals Courts oversee review of trial court level decisions. Do you have a valid issue for appeal?

Remember that Nigerian Prince who needed a few hundred bucks to   unfreeze his assets who asked for your help? Apparently he has a distant relative in New York after reports surfaced of a similar scam in New York regarding a supposed million dollar inheritance. Has someone asked you for money to gain access to their funds held in probate or another inheritance related account? Are you sure its not just a scam?

Its a sad but true statement that sometimes litigation is used as a tool  to harass rather than a tool to seek justice, especially in probate where this may hold up the distribution of your inheritance. Did you know that failure to attend to a lawsuit in Florida Probate Court may be grounds for dismissal in and of themselves? Learn more through a recent case out of the Third District Court of Appealthat serves Miami Dade County. 

This country was founded on financing, layaway almost seems like a right, but can you lay away those legal fees for administering and setting up your estate plans? Seems simple right, just put a piece in the will about paying off your attorney for all those backed fees. Were you aware that your attorney cannot do that unless he is related to you and that such an action may constitute a violation of the rules of professional conduct. 

A statute of limitations is a law that limits your ability to bring an action, for example did you know that you only have two years to file your medical malpractice claim? Does that seem short? WellFlorida Probate Litigators have an even shorter time limit, if you want to challenge a will in Florida you may be subject to a six months statute of limitations. Do you know your rights and when you are expected to file what claims?