In Florida, #Florida trustees manage billions and billions of dollars in #trust money. Even though 2013 was an amazing year for domestic stocks, #Florida trustees are nervous at the start of 2014.
In Florida, #Florida trustees manage billions and billions of dollars in #trust money. Even though 2013 was an amazing year for domestic stocks, #Florida trustees are nervous at the start of 2014.
Can a #Florida probate court judge rule on a #Florida trust lawsuit, when the #Florida trust requires #arbitration ? A recent case from the #Florida appeals court sitting in #West Palm Beach, Florida ruled on a #Florida trust lawsuit from #Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
It was reported this week that six #gay couples are suing for the right to marry in a Miami Dade Circuit Court. This comes less than a year since the United States Supreme Court ruled that the #Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional. #DOMA is dying a slow death. But, #same-sex couples, and #gay couples have a lot more to fight over than just #DOMA.
This is a very recent case, whose #legal opinion was issued literally days ago, by a federal court in Nevada regarding allegations of
This is the kind of case that makes people dislike #estate lawyers. A #probate lawsuit resolved about a week ago, saw family members engage in #probate litigation, when they #made a claim in the estate for 50%. When Helen died, the #probate lawsuit started. Her second cousin, and nephew, #made an estate claim for 50% of the #probate estate. The #probate lawyer wanted to have the #estate lawsuit dismissed. The #probate court agreed, as did the #appeals court for the probate matter. Here’s what happened.
#SUCCESSFUL DOCTOR LEAVES #ESTATE TO #CHARITY, FATHER IS #SOLE HEIR A Texas #probate case decided just days ago involved not only #estate litigation, but also #life insurance litigation.
In what has become a recurring #estate dispute, the #widow of a deceased man is suing his estate in an #inheritance lawsuit — over an inheritance and a prenup. This #probate lawsuit pits a California #widow, and #stepmother, against her second husband’s son, or her #stepson, who is the #estate administrator and the #executor of his father’s will. A #probate lawsuit over a #$12 million state. In this California #probate lawsuit, whose opinion was issued literally days ago, the second wife wants a share of a rich doctor’s $12 million estate — after being married to him for five years, and waiving her rights to his estate in a valid prenup. #WIDOW VERSUS #ESTATE, STEPMOTHER VS. STEPSON Two people met in China, after which She moved to Pennsylvania to be with him. They were married in 2006. He was a doctor who had lost his wife in 2000 and had two children. She had also lost her spouse when she married the doctor. He was 77, she was 60 He died in 2011 after a massive heart attack #PRENUP SIGNED AFTER #WIDOW SPEAKS WITH LAWYER — ON THE DAY OF THE WEDDING !! On the day of the wedding, the doctor told her to speak with an attorney: The doctor chose the attorney for her The doctor paid for this attorney She spent over an hour with this lawyer Who spoke in her native language. She had the opportunity to ask the lawyer questions about the prenup Her meeting lasted […]
This recent New York #probate case is a good example of why we should review our #wills and trusts, and our #estate plan, each year – – – and, certainly after any major event like a #divorce.
In a very recent Michigan trust case, one brother sued brother as a trustee over #trust money.
This is a very recent #estate litigation case from Arizona where the #estate beneficiary sued a #probate court-appointed #estate administrator over #attorneys fees and #estate accountings. The #probate court found in favor of the #estate administrator.