The Palm Beach County probate law firm, the Pankauski Law Firm PLLC, participated in the Probate Trivia Night held Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 in Boca Raton.   The West Palm Beach probate litigation firm won an award for knowledge of Florida Probate Law.  The event was sponsored by the Palm Beach South County Bar Association.  Over 100 contestants signed up, including Palm Beach probate lawyers, probate court judges from the Delray Beach Courthouse and others in the wealth field.  Attendees included estate lawyers from Jupiter to Boca Raton.

A Palm Beach probate appeals court just handed down, two days ago, a ruling that one’s cremated ashes are not “property” under the Florida Probate Code.  This probate case from the Delray Beach Courthouse dealt with two parents who could not agree on where to lay their son’s ashes, after the son was cremated.

The probate court in Delray Beach Florida is on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, Florida.  Here are directions and how to get there.

The south Florida publication that blew the lid on PED’s and Alex Rodriquez has brought to you more investigative news:  this time concerning Miami guardianships.  When a guardianship is created in Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale or Miami’s probate courts for an adult, the court appointed guardian is given great power & authority.  The Florida guardian = fiduciary who is charged with protecting the rights of the person who needs assistance.  Take a look at some characteristics of Palm Beach guardianships which you may not have known about; and consider reading The New Times article on guardianships, whose link is at the end of this Palm Beach probate commentary.

So, you want to contest the will in a Palm Beach probate?  Maybe you were disinherited from a Palm Beach estate or the will doesn’t even mention you at all.  If you are an heir or a beneficiary under a prior will, or otherwise think you have legal standing to bring a problate lawsuit in Palm Beach County, then here are 5 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about Palm Beach will contests, sometimes referred to as a “will challenge.”

Coming to downtown West Palm Beach for the Palm Beach County Probate Court ?  Here’s how to get there and where to park……………

Everyone remembers the consolidation of banks in the 90’s.  Are we witnessing a new round of bank consolidation?  (If so, do Palm Beach trustees want to load up on bank stocks?)   1st United Bank of Florida, https://www.1stunitedbankfl.com, (Palm Beach County’s largest local bank) was just acquired by Valley National from New Jersey.  Does this mean that our economy is finally turning around? This photo below is of the Evernia Street office in West Palm Beach, just a block from our Palm Beach probate law firm.

A lot of wealthy Palm Beachers read the Wall Street Journal, www.wsj.com.  The Journal seems to be mandatory reading for trustees and Palm Beach portfolio managers.  But what about the individual trustee….. the retired executive who now lives in Jupiter and plays a lot of golf while watching his investment portfolio on CNBC www.cnbc.com?   How about the Palm Beach County widow or surviving spouse who is now trustee of her husband’s $10 Million revocable trust in Boca Raton?   Is an online subscription to Morningstar the way to go?

Check out this picture of Lilly, a young Labradoodle sitting on the Corbusier in the partners’ lounge at the Palm Beach Probate Law Firm, the Pankauski Law Firm PLLC.  Heather got Lilly a few months ago and Lilly has been a vibrant part of the office since Heather started bringing Lilly to work.  Lilly also mellows out the senior probate litigator and managing member of the West Palm Beach probate litigation firm.

West Palm Beach’s Green Market, located just 3 blocks east of the Palm Beach Probate Court, is winding down its season. West Palm Beach’s Green Market is the biggest in Palm Beach County and is just around the corner from our Palm Beach Probate Litigation Law Firm, the Pankauski Law Firm PLLC: www.pankauskilawfirm.com.   You can also follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pankauskilaw.