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Children Win $33 Million in Deathbed Will Probate Case

Uncategorized • Dec 22, 2015
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Many Florida trust lawyers were discussing the recent probate lawsuit  involving eccentric Spanish aristocrat, “the Red Duchess” after she married her lesbian lover on her deathbed and changed her will. What does this have to do with Florida probate litigation? If you want to win in your West Palm Beach probate lawsuit you may want to know what these probate litigation attorneys did right, after all the heirs are walking away with thirty three million euros!

Winning Will Contests

  • Estate lawyers in Florida are in the business of winning lawsuits.
  • What is your Florida probate lawyer going to do to prove your case to the jury?
  • Have you even discussed whether or not you want a jury to oversee your will contest?
  • Florida estate lawyers know there is a special calculus to deciding whether or not you want to have your will contest heard in front of a jury.
  • There are a lot of factors to consider.
  • Like what?
  • For one thing there is the complexity of the lawsuit, is the jury going to understand it?
  • Also have you done less than favorable things thus far that a jury may frown upon?
  • Probate attorneys Florida know that a lawsuit is a lot like a chess match and you have to make the right decisions early on to get the right results later on.
  • How hard can it really be?
  • Florida estate attorneys know that it can often be an uphill battle.
  • Want to learn more?
  • Check out this recent case out of Spain involving the “Red Duchess” , her lesbian lover and millions of dollars. 

The Red Duchess Probate Lawsuit

  • The 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia married her lesbian partner just hours before her death in 2008.
  • The woman was known as the Red Duchess because of her opposition to the Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco.
  • The woman left more than a third of her wealth to a foundation to keep her history alive and left large donations to her newly anointed life mate.
  • The problem was she forgot about Spanish probate law.
  • Under the probate laws of Spain the relatives automatically get 2/3 of the estate.
  • So what happened?
  • A probate lawsuit of course.
  • With the results freshly published it appears the heirs will be singing on their way to the bank to the tune of 33 million euros!
  • Palm Beach probate lawyers could learn a thing or two from the heirs legal team.
  • Is your attorney up to the task?

Want to learn more?

Check out the entire case by clicking here.

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