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SHOULD FLORIDA TRUSTS INVEST OVERSEAS?

Uncategorized Dec 17, 2013

A Florida trustee has a duty to invest prudently. We all know this. Florida trust law, like most states, has a prudent investor rule. The domestic, US, stock market has been on a tear, with most of the indices up over 20% year to date.

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ARE FLORIDA POWERS OF ATTORNEY A POWER TO STEAL?

Uncategorized Dec 17, 2013

Did someone you know use a Florida power of attorney to take someone’s assets or money? Was a Florida power of attorney mis-used, and were Palm Beach bank accounts, Miami brokerage accounts, and Aventura financial accounts re-titled or taken from you or someone you love?

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TOO MANY LAWYERS IN THE FLORIDA GUARDIANSHIP? Here’s why Florida probate courts must appoint a lawyer in a guardianship dispute (a look at a recent Palm Beach guardianship case)

Uncategorized Dec 13, 2013

Florida guardianship litigation is increasing.   Are you involved in a contested guardianship dispute? In Florida, when a person is believed to be unable to handle his or her own affairs, a guardianship may be appropriate. Probate courts in Florida, from Stuart, Florida to Miami Dade County, Florida, handle all guardianship matters and the guardianship judge often determines what personal rights an incapacitated person is capable of exercising, and which rights they are not able to exercise.

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STEPDAUGHTER VS. STEPFATHER: FIGHTING OVER MOM’S ESTATE, HER PROBATE AND EVEN HER LAST MARRIAGE— AFTER HER DEATH-recent Wisconsin Supreme Court case sheds light on stepchild-stepfather probate lawsuit attacking marriage

Uncategorized Dec 13, 2013

Who will control Mom’s estate and all her money? Her daughter or her husband? This is the question posed by a very recent probate lawsuit that wasn’t just fighting over an estate, or a lot of money. It also was an inheritance dispute over whether Mom was validly married to a man when she died. Of course, this lawsuit questioning whether Mom’s last marriage was void or not occurred AFTER Mom’s death !

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