Kathryn & Sarah are trust beneficiaries who sued    trustees of family trusts   in federal court for    fraud    and self-dealing.  These trust beneficiaries claimed that, for years, the trustees deprived the trust beneficiaries of millions of dollars. The trust beneficiaries wanted trust damages and a trust accounting. This recent trust lawsuit’s opinion was released just days ago and involves  how trust litigation can erupt with family partnerships, multiple trusts, many trustees and million & millions of $$$  .

The Westminster Kennel Club, http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/ just put on the 2014 Westminister Dog Show .  Sky won.        So how is this Westminster Dog show related to   Florida trust law  or Florida probate law ?

Q :   Have you ever been involved in a     Florida lawsuit   against someone who acts as his own Florida attorney ?    A recent Florida appeals case discusses someone’s right to appear in a Florida court for a Florida trial versus that person abusing our judicial process.

Q: Are you the beneficiary of a  Florida estate  ? Where’s the money? When do I receive my inheritance?

A February 3rd Illinois   trust litigation   case shows you how involved Estate Litigation can get.  This case involved two Illinois estates, claims of punitive damages,  misappropriation of the estate funds,   a daughter suing her father and aunt over granddad’s money and a trust inheritance,  two family trusts, a trust clause which required beneficiaries to marry within the faith, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in trust attorneys fees.

Revocable trusts in Florida are very popular.  It seems everyone has a Last Will, a Power of Attorney and a Florida Revocable Trust, also called a Florida Living Trust.

A recent Florida appeals court opinion, issued just days ago, had  a    Florida probate   &   a Florida divorce proceeding work hand-in-hand after the death of one of the parties to the Florida divorce.  This case is a good example of how Florida divorce law and Florida probate law intersect and overlap.

Under what circumstances does   a Florida trial judge go  too far on Facebook, such that the   Florida trial judge    should be disqualified  from hearing a case?  Q:  When can you  disqualify a Florida trial  judge from hearing your case?

Okay, so you’re in the middle of some Palm Beach County trust litigation.  Maybe you’re suing the trustee. But the person you’re suing is using trust funds to pay his or her attorneys.

I’ve coined the term “guardianship wars” to describe the guardianship litigation that’s going on across America,  as family members, second and third spouses, in-laws and outlaws, neighbors and nasties fight over someone’s person and purse.