Wondering if you can get attorneys fees in a Palm Beach probate? Well, you should read this November 19, 2014 Palm Beach probate opinion from West Palm Beach’s 4th District Court of Appeals. You may also want to read it if you are thinking of signing a probate settlement agreement. As any West Palm Beach probate litigator will tell you, that estate settlement document typically gives the probate judge Palm Beach Gardens the authority to enforce the agreement if someone does not comply with the probate settlement.
Palm Beach Appeals Court Rules on Probate Attorney Fees
- Palm Beach probate cases and issues are appealed to the West Palm Beach appeals court, called Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal, which is located on Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard in West Palm Beach
- The “4th” hears appeals of Palm Beach estate, guardianship & trust matters
- They recently ruled on the issue of attorneys fees from a will contest Palm Beach— from a settlement agreement
- The order was from the probate court in Delray Beach from 2010
- A settlement agreement was reached on a will contest case
- The probate settlement agreement Palm Beach contained an attorneys fee provision if any legal action is brought for enforcement of the settlement agreement
- The Palm Beach appeals court relied on Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.525.
- What about the Florida Probate Rules?
Here is the link to read, for free, the online opinion in this attorney fee will contest Palm Beach case: http://4dca.org/opinions/Nov.%202014/11-19-14/4D13-4213.op.pdf
If you want to see some free Florida probate videos on attorneys fees, check out this link: http://www.pankauskilawfirm.com