Ready for trial?   Are you involved in a Florida probate or a Florida estate or trust matter, such as a lawsuit, controversy or a “contested” petition for administration?   I’m sure your probate litigator or estate lawyer has told you all about what to expect at a Florida probate trial.  A lot of work goes into preparing for a Florida estate trial.  Many very good Florida estate trial lawyers or probate litigators provide excellent service throughout Florida, from Ft. Lauderdale to Weston and Parkland, up to Boca Raton, and all the way up to Palm Beach. 

Are you involved in a Palm Beach County estate with a Palm Beach estate lawyer that has been closed?  Are you in the middle of an inheritance disagreement and the Palm Beach probate lawyer isn’t giving much guidance?   In Palm Beach, if a probate estate does not stay active, it can be administratively closed.  A Palm Beach estate or Palm Beach probate may be closed by a Palm Beach probate judge if there has been no or little action over the recent past on the court’s docket.  Rather than lying dormant, the Palm Beach estate lawyer and all beneficiaries who have probate lawyers and are involved with the probate court, receive a notice from the judge. 

Florida probate lawyers from Parkland, Broward County, Florida,  to Palm Beach, Florida and  Weston to West Palm Beach know that a Florida will may be over-turned if it was obtained by UNDUE INFLUENCE.  Undue influence in a Florida probate or Florida estate administration is an allegation or charge of over-persuasion, fraud or force, that caused someone, a Florida resident, to sign a Florida will.   If proven in a probate trial, the Florida will will be over-turned. 

Are you the trustee of a Florida trust?  If so, you should know that you are required to invest those Florida trust assets for the benefit of each beneficiary as a prudent investor.   After all, Florida has a prudent investor rule which tells Florida trustees how they should invest (sort of).   So, why is this topic important?  From Stuart, Florida to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, probate lawyers in Palm Beach, Martin, Dade and Broward are writing wills and trusts.  A big part of that estate and trust practice in Florida is the Florida revocable trust , also called the Florida living trust. 

Do you believe that you are the victim of probate fraud?   Are you involved in probate litigation in Martin County, Palm Beach or Broward County, Florida?  Is there a Florida estate or probate open for a person who died in Florida?  If you are a beneficiary of a Florida trust or estate, or are a creditor of the dead person, you may be getting a number of Palm Beach probate court filed documents or Broward County probate documents which ask you to sign something or agree to something in the estate or probate matter.

Are you involved in a Florida probate or Florida estate in Palm Beach County, Florida or Broward County, Florida?   Did someone you know or a relative just die in Florida and there is a Florida probate or Florida estate?  If you are involved in a Florida estate, that is being run in Florida, or if you are already involved in probate litigation, have you been faced with an probate lawyer who represents or represented more than one party? 

Did your ex husband or ex wife die in Florida?   Do you, an ex wife or ex husband, have inheritance rights to your ex’s estate in Florida?  Palm Beach probate lawyers know that the worlds of divorce law and Florida estate law can overlap or even collide.  Just when you thought you did not have to deal with your ex husband or ex wife anymore, he or she dies and there is a probate in Broward County or in Delray Beach.  Florida estate lawyers know to first confirm if you were really divorced.  Did the judge issue an order or judgment dissolving the marriage?

Why in the world would a wealthy Florida resident give away their million dollar Florida house right now?   Why are Florida probate lawyers and Florida estate lawyers recommending you do that with your beautiful mansion in Palm Beach, Manalapan or Hypoluxo?  Are you willing to give up ownership and control of your house for the benefit of your children or grandchildren?  The truth is that Florida trusts set up to hold and receive your Florida mansion and Florida residence –during YOUR LIFE (right now, not after you die) — have been around for a while.

If you are a husband or a wife living in Palm Beach, Broward, Martin County, or Miami-Dade who just lost your spouse, it may be difficult to think about money, probate or inheritance rights right now, but you should.   Florida law provides a widow or widower, that is, a husband or wife who survives, with a guaranteed share of the estate or Florida probate.

Are you a Palm Beach or Broward County widow or widower who just lost your spouse in Florida?  Losing a Florida spouse is taxing in all regards: personally, emotionally and otherwise.  While finances, money and Florida inheritance rights may be the last things you want to talk about, the truth is, for Florida spouses who survive (widows and widowers), you have probate rights, estate rights, and inheritance rights that are unique to Florida and to you.