If you are a trustee, you are charged with investing trust assets. A recent setback for a well known cupcake company serves as a lesson on investments for trustees. Florida trustees should learn from this recent business development: how a business can crumble and –remember– that the trust money which you invest wrongly can end up being not that sweet at all.
Beneficiaries of estates and trusts, and your parents’ wealth (!), may wish to consider attending this American Bar Association Course on retirement accounts and inheritances. There are trillions of inheritance dollars in retirement accounts Learning, and knowing, how you inherit an IRA, 401(k) or other retirement account is important Many times, there is probate litigation in Florida over the beneficiary designation. Consider attending this webinar and learning more about inheritances and retirements The webinar is July 9th.
A June 18, 2014 Florida business lawsuit made its way to the Palm Beach Appeals Court. Anyone who is a co-owner of a Florida business, or has inherited an interest in a private business such as Florida limited liability company may want to read this opinion.
Florida Guardianship Law is slowly getting bigger, slowly increasing, with new cases, an evolving line of precedent and statutes which are regularly addressed when the Florida Probate Code may need to be improved or tweaked by legislative committees. Here is a new, just-published guardianship law opinion from Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal. If you are involved in a Florida guardianship or an incapacity hearing, you may want to read it.
Many Florida trust beneficiaries or family members have questions about Florida revocable trusts when a Florida guardianship is involved. Here are 5 pointers to consider if you are involved in a Palm Beach Guardianship and a revocable trust is involved.
Lawsuits involving fraud, tortuous interference with an inheritance and breach offiduciary duty can be expensive. A very recent attorneys fee case from the 4th District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach, Florida sheds light on when an offer of judgment is not made in “good faith” under Florida’s “offer of judgment” statute, 768.79.
A Florida personal represenative of an estate sued tobacco companies for, among other things, punitive damages. A recent, June 24, 2014 ruling from a Florida Appeals Court explains Florida’s “offer of judgment” statute 768.79 regarding punitive damages and attorneys fees.
A limited guardian of the property of one who was involved in an auto accident recently “lost” an appeal at West Palm Beach’s 4th District Court of Appeals. This is an interesting case on trial strategy and preserving issues for appeal. Florida Rules of Court are a trial lawyer’s guidepost. This is a good case for court appointed guardians involved in civil lawsuits and going beyond the Florida Probate Rules or the Florida Guardianship Laws of Chapter 744.
A very recent Palm Beach lawsuit involved a Florida attorneys fee ruling from the 4th District Court of Appeals. Anyone involved with Florida business litigation and Palm Beach probate litigation knows the importance of attorneys fees hearings. You may want to read this recent Palm Beach attorneys fee case which was an appeal from a trial in the Main Courthouse, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Florida Probate law has a specific law on a lost Florida will and also a destroyed Florida will. Here are 5 frequently asked questions (FAQ’s) about a Florida lost or destroyed will.