This is a very recent #Florida guardianship opinion issued by the #Palm Beach appeals court , sitting in #West Palm Beach, Florida. The #Palm Beach appeals court is known as the #Fourth District Court of Appeals.

Thinking about #contesting a last will? Were you #cut out of a will? #Disinherited? You may, or may not, be able to exercise #beneficiary rights and seek an #inheritance from someone’s #probate estate or #revocable trust.

WEALTHY DEVELOPER DIES AT 81, WITH 3RD WIFE AND # PROBATE LAWSUIT This is a very recent #probate litigation case from California, decided literally days ago.    This #estate lawsuit is about adult children who wanted an #inheritance, wondering where millions of dollars went between 2005 and 2009 — when dad married his third wife until he died.

In a #Florida appeals court opinion issued just days ago, three siblings sued their sister in a #Miami probate court over a #Florida revocable trust which the sister created for her father—-who was in a coma!

SISTER CREATES #FLORIDA REVOCABLE TRUST WHILE DAD IS IN COMA This #trust lawsuit in #Miami probate court involves a #guardianship case of three adult siblings who sued their sister. The sister is the #Florida trustee, and also a #Florida trust beneficiary, of a #Florida Revocable Trust.

#Income beneficiaries of a trust created in 1969 sued their #trustees claiming that the #trustees #breached their fiduciary duties — AS FAR BACK AS 32  YEARS AGO— remember, these are just allegations:

WHY PEOPLE HATE LAWYERS? Why do people hate lawyers? Lawyers are sometimes accused of stalling, and getting continuances in court all the time. #GUARDIANSHIP GONE WRONG This recent case is a sad, and shocking, case involving a court-appointed #guardian who # mis-used guardianship funds. #GUARDIAN’S DUTIES A guardian is appointed to look out for, and protect, the best interests of somebody who cannot protect themselves.  In Florida, we have an entire chapter of the #Florida probate code devoted to #guardianship law. Minors need #Florida guardians to look out for their property interests #incompetent persons, and those who are #incapacitated, who suffer from progressive #dementia, need #Florida guardians to protect their person and their property This is a good case which reminds us of the #fiduciary duties which a #guardian owes to the person he or she is serving: A #guardian is a #fiduciary with #fiduciary obligations a #guardian must act in the #best interests of the person you have agreed to serve a #guardian must look out for and protect that person DON’T MIS-SPEND MONEY !   a #guardian must spend that person’s money only for the benefit of that person they are protecting DON’T MISUSE MONEY !   a guardian may not #misuse guardianship money or #misspend guardianship money a guardian must provide a #guardianship accounting a guardian must avoid #conflicts of interest and #self-dealing IMPROPER GUARDIANSHIP “LOANS” AND FAILURE TO ACCOUNT In this recent case, the #guardian failed to provide accountings from 2008. The Guardian was ordered to provide an […]

Wow ! This is a huge, recent #inheritance lawsuit case in Iowa, decided by the Iowa Supreme Court.

#Alex Rodriguez, the #New York Yankees slugger, is appealing his 162 game suspension to #federal court. #ARod , originally from South Florida, will lose $25 million in salary if he is prevented playing for an entire season. There’s a lot of money riding on his appeal to federal court.

This very recent #probate case, which erupted into a #inheritance lawsuit, from Louisiana, reveals why #estate planning attorneys need to consider separating #inheritances between second spouses, or step moms or step dads, and adult children from a prior marriage.