Involved in a Florida probate ? Maybe you live in the Midwest or New England, and a parent, aunt or uncle passed away a resident of Florida, leaving a #Floridawill. Now you have a Florida estate. You probably have questions about #Floridaprobate, whether you have an inheritance and how the #estateadministration process works.
Many times, an estate of someone who has just passed away needs to sue someone — engage in civil litigation — to recover assets, money, or damages for the estate, the heirs and the #nextofkin. The estate of a victim of a train accident may be able to recover money damages for #wrongfuldeath. A recent case decided just days ago in Federal Court in Pennsylvania dealt with a federal #wrongfuldeathlawsuit and the estate of the victim.
If you cause me to incur #estate taxes, or higher #estate taxes ………. Q : Can my estate sue you for damages in a #probate lawsuit ?
Who loses in an undue influence lawsuit if 3 of the 5 beneficiaries are at fault ? What if there are five beneficiaries to a will and three of those beneficiaries practiced #undueinfluence ? Is the entire will invalid or only part of it ? (Answer: only part of it in Iowa).
Q: Who wins a #willchallenge if one side is saying a will was revoked and the other wants the will admitted to probate ? And the will disappears ?
A recent #probate lawsuit out of the northwest, decided four days ago, demonstrates how things can go terribly wrong in #estate litigation. The parties to this #probate litigation signed an #estate settlement agreement, which is, by the way, very common for #probate disputes in Florida.
A #probate case or #probate lawsuit whose opinion was issued within the last 10 days pits stepsons against a stepmother ……………………………….. all fighting over an #$8 Million Estate.
In #Florida lawsuits, may a lay witness, a #non-expert witness, give an opinion about whether somebody was #competent or not ? A recent #Palm Beach appeals court opinion was just issued on this issue. It is very important for #Palm Beach probate litigation, and #inheritance litigation throughout Florida. Although it was a criminal case, it dealt with the #Florida evidence rules.
A recent Palm Beach appellate case on Florida attorneys fees was just released by the Florida appellate court sitting in West Palm Beach, Florida. The 4th District Court of Appeals , which hears appeals of Palm Beach lawsuits issued a legal opinion yesterday regarding Florida attorneys fees.
TRUST LITIGATION : ISN’T THE TRUSTEE YOU ARE SUING USING YOUR MONEY TO DEFEND ? If I’m a #Florida trust beneficiary living in, say, #Palm Beach, Florida and I’m upset with my #Florida trustee, I know that I can begin a #trust lawsuit by filing a #trust complaint in #probate court.