Are you involved in an estate lawsuit in Florida? Ready for your Florida probate trial? If so, are you prepared for trial and ready to testify?

Florida residents, and indeed Florida probate courts, are used to estate beneficiaries “fighting” over inheritances. That’s what Florida probate courts are for, aren’t they? And Florida has a lot of money and a lot of estates to fight over, right? Mansions on the water in Delray Beach, jewelry from fine Worth Avenue shops, and lots of money in Palm Beach bank accounts and Broward County brokerage accounts.

Planning your Florida estate? When we get beyond the Florida money, what else are you leaving your kids?

Are you involved in a Florida probate? Has your dad passed away and you are getting legal documents in a Florida estate?

Involved, or thinking about getting involved in a will contest? A probate fight? Read on…………….. Clients are always searching for, and interviewing, attorneys, trying to find the right one.

Everyone needs a trust, right? Well, sort of…. Let’s consider why you are creating a trust and whether you even need one in the first place.

Some family trusts have multiple trustees. Some trustees are put there because of their experience and breadth of knowledge, like the smaller, upscale trust companies that cater to the ultra-high net worth set. Why not have a pro-a corporate trustee — after all? Well, that makes sense. But what about those other, individual, co-trustees?

Are you a high net worth individual who is leaving tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars to your family in your estate plan? Maybe you have a massive family trust that you are creating or maybe you are transferring the family jewel-a multi-million dollar family business that you started from scratch. Who will run the business? Who will oversee the family wealth and be charged with maintaining and growing it? Who will protect it ? Who will take over for you?

Do you know what an offer of judgment does? These may be able to  get you attorney’s fees in West Palm Beachprobate lawsuits if you know how to use them properly. Failure to follow the specific guidelines could be disastrous though. Check out this recent case that went all the way up to the Florida Supreme Court because one party could not follow specific rules related to Florida’s Offer of Judgment Statute. 

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