Did someone promise to leave an inheritance to you in Florida? If so, you better get it in writing. Oral promises to make a Florida will, or to leave an inheritance under Florida law are invalid.
Did someone promise to leave an inheritance to you in Florida? If so, you better get it in writing. Oral promises to make a Florida will, or to leave an inheritance under Florida law are invalid.
Were you disinherited from a Florida estate ? Were you cut out from a Florida will ?
Did someone promise to leave an inheritance to you in Florida? If so, you better get it in writing. Oral promises to make a Florida will, or to leave an inheritance under Florida law are invalid.
Experienced Florida trial lawyers, and those whose practice is limited to litigation in Florida, have all come across clients who want a judge removed. What does it take to remove a Florida trial judge? Does it make sense to do that? And is it really in the client’s best interests to seek to disqualify a Florida trial judge?
When can you disqualify a Florida lawyer ? If you are involved in Florida litigation, and believe that the other side’s attorney may be a witness at your trial, consider a recent ruling from a Florida appeals court about disqualifying a Florida trial lawyer.
How can you win your case without spending money on a full-blown trial? Go for Florida summary judgment! Everyone knows that litigation in Florida is expensive. When you can win without a trial, that saves clients lots of money and lots of time. But you have to do it the right way.
FLORIDA LAW ON ATTORNEYS FEES Florida litigation can be costly. After all, there’s legal work to be performed by lawyers, trial lawyers, paralegals, and investigators, who handle preparation for hearings strategy, discovery, document gathering, interviewing witnesses , and attendance at trial. Florida follows the “American rule“.
INHERITANCE LAWSUIT IN FLORIDA Brother suing brother and sister in a Florida estate litigation case. Of course ! Florida probate litigation is a growth field. The Boston College Ctr. of wealth and philanthropy estimates that $41 trillion – – trillion , not billions – – is, right now, and for the next 20 years, passing from the WWII generation to the Baby Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y. Today, people are more apt to hire a Florida attorney , question what your mom or dad put in their Florida will or trust, sue a family member, and begin an inheritance war. It seems as if every day, brother sues sister, stepdaughter sues stepmom, beneficiaries sue a Florida executor or trustee.
FLORIDA FAMILIES In today’s society in Florida, families come in all shapes and sizes. We know that divorce and remarriage are common in Florida. Many Florida residents have stepchildren or stepparents. In some cases, a new spouse is much younger than the adult children from their new spouse’s prior relationship. A so-called Palm Beach marriage.
Two recent cases out of Miami look at the defendant’s legal ability, in Florida, to ask a Florida court to transport, or dismiss, a Florida lawsuit to another state which is more convenient. The legal doctrine of forum non conveniens may be invoked by a party under certain circumstances.