What is going on in the world right now regarding estates and inheritances? Two major estate and inheritance casesare making the headlines and are the subject of talk radio.
The following is a piece of fiction. It is a chapter from a book which I am writing about probate litigation. This chapter of money tales deals with guardianships for adults and how adult children from a prior marriage can sue to get control over their parent and their money, and be at legal odds with a parent’s latest spouse.
Recently we reported on a story published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune regarding the exploitation of the elderly by the guardians appointed to protect them. (See the story here: http://extra.heraldtribune.com/kindness-strangers/ )
What happens if someone files a guardianship case in Florida and then dismisses it? Is the guardianship really over? What if someone files a guardianship petition in that same action? Florida’s 5th District Court of Appeal dealt with this issue in a November 20, 2014 opinion.
If you are a Florida guardian , or are involved in a Florida guardianship and have questions about aguardian’s fees, you may want to read this November 21, 2014 opinion from Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeal. This guardianship appeal deals with a professional guardian and her challenge to the Probate Court’s ruling on the guardian fees and costs. If you are a guardian of someone in Palm Beach County, Florida, you now have a Florida guardianship appeals court opinion which says that Florida guardians get paid to review and pay an incapacited person’s bills and invoices.
If you are involved in a Probate or Guardianship matter in Palm Beach County, Florida, you will want to know about abrand new (November, 2014) administrative order that was just issued. If you are a probate litigator Palm Beach or a party to a guardianship proceeding, you should consider reading this new Probate Court administrative order. The new probate & guardianship order deals with emergency situations.
Thinking about filing a guardianship for mom or dad in Palm Beach County? Or, perhaps you are already involved in aguardianship lawsuit Delray Beach. There is a new, free online video about Florida guardianships and healthcare documents. Do you know what a lesser restrictive alternative is and how you can avoid a guardianship with the right, simple estate plan and documents? Do you know the difference between a living will, a health care proxy, an advanced health care directive and healthcare durable power of attorney under Florida probate law?
Involved in an attorneys fee dispute in Florida, like, perhaps, a motion for attorneys fees in a Palm Beach probate or a Florida trust action? You may want to read a recent, October 29, 2014 Florida attorneys fee case which was just handed down by Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal.
Florida guardianship trials and cases have increased: not only in numbers, but also in complexity, as family members engage probate lawyers Palm Beach to “fight” legal battles over controlling mom or dad, or their property. As of November 6, 2014, there is a change to the Florida Probate Rules, for the application by a person who wishes to be a Florida guardian. If you are involved in guardianship cases Florida, you will want to know about this.
Ask any probate litigator Palm Beach and they will probably tell you that, for good or bad, guaridanship lawsuits Florida are exploding. Adult children now face off against each other, against their mom or dad’s most recent spouse, in a battle to control someone’s personal rights and freedoms or Florida property. There is a recent, August 27, 2014 Florida appeals case on attorneys fees inFlorida guardianships that you may want to read if you are involved in guardianship litigation Palm Beach.