Will an email start a will contest? September 24, 2015 probate litigation case
How many times have you heard an heir at law, a son or daughter, or perhaps even a daughter-in-law ,or son-in-law,of a rich Boca Raton or Florida millionaire complain about not getting as big an inheritanceas they wanted. Estate litigation lawyers Florida will tell you that they hear these complaintsand moans & groans all the time. What to do if you did not receive an inheritance or get as big a distribution from your parent’s Boynton Beach revocable trust as you had hoped for? Well before you reach for the Florida probate litigation lawyer on speed dial, consider that you might want to actually research & read about will contest cases and challenges to Palm Beach probates and Florida wills. Why does this matter? Well, if you want to sue to get your Florida inheritance, you will have to comply with a bunch of legal, or perhaps technical, hurdles, which you othewise might consider nothing more than legal mumbo jumbo. BUT if you don’t jump through the right hoops, your Florida probate lawyer may not be able to help youget an inheritance.
Does an email work to file a will contest case?
- So, did you hear about the September 24, 2015 will contest case out of Washington Supreme Court where an email was sent to a probate lawyer?
- You can read this will challenge case for free, called the Estate of Jepsen
- Here is a link to get a copy of this will contest legal opinion:http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/908745.pdf
- And if that link did not work, here is a link, another link, to read the entire will challenge court opinion: http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/index.cfm?fa=opinions.processSearch
How do I file a will contest case in Florida?
- So, the first lesson when considering whether or not to file a will contest case Florida is to contact estate litigators
- Probate lawyers are good, but don’t you need someone to handle the probate trial, and perhaps an appeal, if you lose the will challenge Delray Beach, Florida?
- Most board certified appellate attorneys who handle probate appeals Florida will tell you that even if you WIN the trust lawsuit or probate fight, you still need an appeals lawyer at trial to try to preserve your victory and, ideally, to try to win the probate appeal if one is filed by the losing side
- Probate lawyers Florida typically handle the ADMINISTRATION of the estate, or the Lake Worth probate, so consider getting a probate litigation law firm West Palm Beach
- In this recent, 2015, Washington case, it points out that to file a will contest, it has to be served properly on the personal representative of the estate or probate
- In Florida, a personal representative is like an executor in other states
- Palm Beach personal representatives of Florida probates need to file an oath and also an appointment of a Florida resident to accept service of process, so that if anyone wants to sue the estate or the executor, there is someone to receive that lawsuit and to respond to it
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