Who gets the money from the house sale ? The TRUST BENEFICIARY, the successor TRUSTEE, or the bank …… ? That’s the basic issue faced by a Palm Beach Probate Court –and , also the Ft. Lauderdale Probate Court — involving a Broward County, Florida estate, a Florida Revocable Trust, a Palm Beach house, and trust beneficiaries. Why are TWO Florida Probate Courts involved ? Read on …………..
Did Mom or Dad marry someone under odd circumstances that you did not like? If you believe that a marriage was obtained by fraud, duress or #UndueInfluence, can you dis-inherit the #FloridaWidow from the #FloridaEstate?
How are #PhilipSeymourHoffman and the Florida probate code linked? Lots of questions about someone’s mysterious death. The untimely death of this Oscar-winning star, #PhilipSeymourHoffman, reportedly from a heroin overdose, will no doubt lead to questions of “who is responsible?” There is an #EstateLaw which prohibits anyone who participated in someone’s death from ever inheriting from that victim.
John Pankauski, www.johnpankauski.com, a #PalmBeachProbateLitigator, has agreed to give a 1.5 hour presentation on “Trying An Undue Influence Case“. The e-cle will be an online continuing legal education course for #ProbateLawyers and those who engage in #EstateLitigation.
With the untimely death of Paul Walker, the star of The Fast and The Furious, http://www.thefastandthefurious.com/ attention has focused to his $25 million estate. Walker evidently had a $10 million home and a #Will which left his entire estate to his minor daughter.
A very recent Palm Beach Appeals court opinion just spoke to the Florida statute of limitations for declaratory judgment actions. This case is very important for #PalmBeachProbateLawyers as well as #FloridaProbateLawyers. Here’s why:
In a recent #FloridaGuardianship opinion issued on January 24, 2014, a #FloridaAppeals Court has ruled that the #FloridaProbateCourt which appointed a #Guardian made an error over the #Inheritance of some#FloridaBankAccounts. Those #FloridaBankAccounts belong to the #FloridaGuardian since they were #SurvivorshipAccounts. They don’t belong to the ward’s #FloridaEstate.
The #FloridaAppealsCourt for #PalmBeachCounty, Florida released an opinion on #AttorneyClientPrivilege on January 22, 2014 which all #FloridaTrialLawyers and #ProbateLitigators will want to know about.
Nelson Mandela’s estate is worth $4 Million according to news sources, which also suggest that the family may be fighting. Who will gain control of his likeness, image, name and the chance to get royalties ?
A very recent Kentucky case dealt how money can split a family and how Trust Lawsuits can break out after parents died or when a Guardianship is needed. This case has a myriad of Estate & #Trust issues at the heart of a Probate Lawsuit: Marital Trusts, transfers of money after death, Powers Of Appointment, and Disclaimers. At the heart of this Probate Lawsuit were children fighting over millions.