On January 17, 2014, the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Florida handed down a decision about a Florida temporary restraining order, Hulk Hogan and sex tapes.  Don’t take my word for it, here’s the opinion: http://www.2dca.org/opinions/Opinion_Pages/Opinion_Pages_2014/January/January%2017,%202014/2D13-1951.pdf

Are you representing yourself in a Palm Beach estate lawsuit ?  We all know that Palm Beach probate litigation is often personal:  family fueds surface when mom or dad passes away and the Palm Beach estate is divided.  One child gets “more” than another, one trust is larger, one inheritance is smaller.  If you are involved in estate litigation such as a Palm Beach probate dispute, here are some words of warning if you are doing it on your own without an experienced probate lawyer: be careful.  There’s a big mistake, and big misconception, which “pro se” litigants can make.  Here’s what you need to know……

This weekend’s Wall Street Journal, www.wsj.com reported that a Norwegian foundation was returning a $40 Million Matisse to the heirs of a French art dealer.  Talk about probate & personal property ! The link to this article is here: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304256404579453873287554570?KEYWORDS=matisse&mg=reno64-wsj

Involved in a Palm Beach guardianship matter?   Maybe mom or dad requires some assistance and there is a Palm Beach guardian.  If you want to take a stand or be heard, you may want to read a January 15, 2014 opinion from West Palm Beach’s 4th District Court of Appeal.  That’s the Palm Beach appeals court in Florida which hears guardianship & probate appeals for Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale and Stuart, Florida.

Are you involved in a Palm Beach County inheritance lawsuit?  You family members, next of kin and Palm Beach estate beneficiaries who had your inheritance interfered with may want to read this case.  Why ? It shows you what can happen in your Palm Beach probate lawsuit even if the jury finds in your favor:  a Palm Beach court can reduce your jury award & damages.

Are you a Palm Beach trustee who is in the middle of a Florida trust lawsuit ?  Have, you, a Palm Beach Trustee, been sued by a trust beneficiary ? If so, here are 7 Things a Florida Trustee Needs to Know When You’ve Been Sued.

If you are a Florida trustee of a Palm Beach trust, how are you investing your Trust Money or protecting your trust portfolio in light of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting and Fed Chairman Janet Yellen’s first news conference?  If you think that a Palm Beach trustee does not need to know about interest rates & Fed policy, think again.  Here are some things you want to consider RIGHT NOW for your Palm Beach trusts.

If you have been involved in the unexpected loss of a loved one, a family member, through medical malpractice, you know that it’s a trying time for family members and the Florida estate.  You are stuck dealing –struggling–with loss as well as Florida estate matters involving money, death benefits, Florida probate and potentially a Florida wrongful death lawsuit.  Challenging to say the least for next of kin and Palm Beach heirs at law. After all, who wants to deal with lawyers and issues of money and property after you just lossed someone very dear to you ?

It’s not everyday that a revocable trust defeats the US in a trust lawsuit which makes its way to the US Supreme Court. Palm Beach Trust litigators take note. This one did. (For that matter, Palm Beach trust beneficiaries: take note, too. ) After years of trust litigation and multiple appeals, this Revocable Trust prevailed in a trust lawsuit over property rights. Trust beneficiaries involved in land disputes or Florida real estate litigation may find this case interesting: Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. US, decided March 10, 2014.  In Palm Beach and Stuart, Florida a lot of Florida real estate is transferred to a Florida Revocable Trust.

Remainder trust beneficiary of dad’s Florida revocable trust? Involved in mom’s Florida Guardianship which also involves dad’s Florida revocable trust? Listen up. You may want to read this Miami case whose opinion was handed down yesterday. You should also read this Florida appeals court opinion if there is a trust lawsuit with a Florida “investment agent“.