How in the world do Florida probate law and divorce law overlap? Well if you were divorced, you may have money or property coming to you if your ex spouse dies.  What does the marital settlement agreement or the divorce court judgment say?  What if you or your spouse die during the middle of the divorce?

Palm Beach probate litigation law firms know that estate lawsuits take a toll on heirs, widows and family members.   Estate lawsuits are taxing both personally and financially. So, can you take steps now in your estate plan to prevent probate lawsuits in Florida when you are gone?

Are probate attorney fees the “X” factor in will contests and Palm Beach probates ?   Consider a new, free, onine video about attorneys fee disputes and trials: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencelight/2014/09/24/estate-planning-101-picking-your-heirs/

If you are the trustee of a Florida trust, what is your investment strategy and is there a way to protect yourself from being sued by trust beneficiaries? Consider reading this recent Wealth Management article on passive investing: http://wealthmanagement.com/asset-management/active-management-dying

Need to hire a Probate Law Firm in West Palm Beach?  Maybe your rich aunt just died in Boynton Beach and there is a will challenge in the Palm Beach probate.  Or, maybe your late uncle from Jupiter, Florida left a revocable trust and someone is objecting to the last trust amendment or maybe the trust RESTATEMENT.

Florida Probate Law has a brand new statute on Powers of Attorney.Guardianships and Palm Beach guardianship litigation is, perhaps sadly, an explosive, growing area of the law, with Probate Courts in Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach and Delray Beach inundated with petitions for guardianships. And we are not talking about guardians of minors, we are talking about guardianships of adults, like your mom from Boca Raton or your dad who retired and is living in Lake Worth.

Thinking about filing a will challenge in Palm Beach, Florida?  So, you want a Florida probate attorney to file a will contest.  OK, you want to challenge the will because maybe you got cut out of the estate or were dis-inherited. Here’s a free, short, and new, online video on challenging the Florida will: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_61iB7uBxhI&feature=youtu.be

There’s an interesting article in Forbes about inheritances.  Check out the free online article about estate planning & picking your heirs. Here’s the free article about your heirs and estate planning: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencelight/2014/09/24/estate-planning-101-picking-your-heirs/

Let me guess: you are a named beneficiary under a Florida will and you are now receiving a lot of “stuff” in the mail:  probate court documents which you don’t understand, which require you to sign a return receipt card, so everyone knows that you got a copy of the Florida probate document.  Do you know what your beneficiary rights to the Florida Estate are?  Consider watching a new, short, free online video about beneficiary rights to Florida estates: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUi4I7zB2g&feature=youtu.be

IRA’s and 401(k)’s are very valuable and go outside of Palm Beach probate. So, who inherits so-called beneficiary designation accounts?  Like insurance policies andretirement accounts?   If you are the beneficiary of a retirement account from a Palm Beach estate, or are involved in an estate administration over life insurance in Florida, you may wish to see some free commentary with a new Florida probate video.