Florida probate litigator John Pankauski speaks today in Philadelphia for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute from noon to 4:15. John will address probate lawyers and estate planning lawyers, and those who write wills and trusts at a continuing legal education course titled: “What Every Estate Planning Attorney Needs to Know About Florida Law.” John is a West Palm Beach, Florida probate lawyer whose practice is limited to litigation and administration of wills, trusts and estates.
Is your charitable trust imploding? Is the annuity or unitrust amount (%) so high that it is eating away at principal? If you are the lifetime beneficiary, what can you do? Estate planning lawyers and probate lawyers who prepare or write wills and trusts have offered charitable remainder trusts to wealthy clients. In the ’90s, when the stock market and tech boom were on fire, many brokers and other “financial planners” or “wealth consultants” sold their clients who had millions in a company’s stock on placing shares in a charitable remainder trust.
The annual Southern Federal Tax Institute is being held in Atlanta, Georgia. John Pankauski, who holds a masters of law (LLM) from the University of Miami School of Law Graduate Program in Estate Planning attended today. The Institute offers detailed, in-depth and cutting edge analyses and lectures on important tax matters.
If you are involved in a Florida probate dispute, can you get a jury trial? If you are involved in a lawsuit involving a deceased (dead) Florida resident, or a Florida probate, or the property of a deceased Florida resident, do you have a right to have your case, your lawsuit, decided by a Florida jury and not a judge?
Victory at trial. The Pankauski Law Firm PLLC won a major victory at a fraud and conspiracy trial on October 11th. The firm trial team was led by John Pankauski and Allison Sabocik who prepared for and tried the case. On October 15, the probate court judge who oversaw the trial issued a final judgment in favor the firm’s trustee clients. The two successful clients who won at trial were an individual trustee of West Palm Beach, and a corporate trustee from Palm Beach Gardens.
Are you the beneficiary of a Florida trust? …… Don’t like your inheritance held in trust by a Florida trustee? Do you have options as a Florida beneficiary? You do: you may. Florida trust lawyers from Palm Beach Gardens down to Ft. Lauderdale are familiar with the Florida trust code: Florida law of trusts.
For good or ill, guardianship litigation has exploded in South Florida. Probate Courts and probate judges in Broward County, Miami-Dade County and Palm Beach County, Florida preside over guardianship trials more than ever. Florida elder law lawyers and lawyers who assist senior citizens have seen their practices get bigger and their client list get longer. Now, probate lawyers and Florida lawyers who prepare wills and trusts in smaller communities like Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, and Aventura and Plantation are adding guardianship matters to their list of legal services which they provide.
Are you the beneficiary of a Florida estate? Are you receiving documents from some Florida probate lawyer regarding a probate administration in Broward, Miami-Dade or Palm Beach County, Florida and trying to figure out who’s who? Consider this: your rich uncle died in Boca Raton, Florida and his estate is being “probated” in the South County Courthouse in Delray Beach by his Florida estate lawyer. Your uncle’s will names his attorney as the “personal representative.” You receive a notice of administration in the mail and a letter from the Florida estate lawyer, saying that he or she is the “personal representative” and that his or her law firm is acting as his or her counsel.
Waiting on your inheritance from a Florida estate or a Florida probate administration? …….And the Florida personal representative wants you to sign documents which makes you wonder: where’s my inheritance and what’s taking so long? If you are a beneficiary of a Florida estate, you may be wondering why you have not received your inheritance yet. While many beneficiaries may be referred to as impatient, understanding how the Florida probate process, or the Florida probate administration, closes or ends may be helpful.
Why are there three probate courthouses in Palm Beach County, Florida? If you are a beneficiary of a Florida estate or a Florida trust, or are involved in a probate administration or estate administration in Palm Beach, you might be confused. It may be more correct to state that there are three courthouses in Palm Beach County, and within those courthouses, there are probate divisions or probate judges who hear cases on Florida wills, trusts, estates and guardianships.