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Should killer inherit? Murder in Inheritance Case

Uncategorized Apr 5, 2015
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Crime does not pay, but an inheritance sure does. Does the fact that   someone committed a murder to get their inheritance matter? Have you read Florida’s Slayer Statute? A Salem court has just found another person guilty in a plot of murder stemming from an inheritance.

Should a killer inherit from the estate?

  • A jury recently found a 24 year old guilty — of killing of a 30 year old man, from a rifle.
  • This is not the usual inheritance murder story, where a rich relative in Delray may be murdered by their kids in Boca who want to get at their inheritance.
  • This is actually, according to media reports, the second conviction after a July 2014 guilty plea and a life sentance.
  • In December of 2013, money from a safe was taken and wrong doers split the money then burned and buried their clothes.   Check out the whole case from this Oregon paper.

Doesn’t Florida have a probate law about killers not inheriting?

  • Any Palm Beach Probate attorney can tell you there are probably wiser things to do with your money than locking it up inside a trailer park, but that does not mean your money is safe.
  1. Do you know who is managing your West Palm Beach Trusts or other Florida accounts?
  2. Is your money safe?
  3. Are you sure that your relatives are not gunning for your inheritance?
  4. What limits does the Florida Slayer Statute put on an individual who commits a crime to gain an inheritance or expectancy interest?
  5. Have you read the Florida probate law which says that a killer or murderer should not inherit?
  6. Do you know how to stop a killer from inheriting if there is no criminal conviction in Florida?