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OK, let’s say that you have adult children from your first marriage and they live outside of Florida.  And… you are getting married to a second or third spouse.  Regardless, have you thought of what yourfinancial life might be like if your adult children from a previous relationship don’t like your latest spouse?  Do you think that your adult children will hate their step-parent?  Jealous?  Do you think that your latest spouse might not get along with your adult children? Well, here are some Florida estate planning issues and also Florida guardianship and dementia issues to consider if you have a 2nd or 3rd spouse and adult children.  Remember: your kids are probably already counting their expected inheritance and think your spouse spends too much.  And your spouse is mad that he or she signed that damn prenuptial agreement.  Don’t forget: we are living longer, so there is a greater chance than ever before that we will become incapacitated or incompetent before we die. What would life look like if you are the subject of a Florida guardianship due to Alzheimers for you, your spouse and your adult children?  I see too many Palm Beach guardianship litigators in that picture.

Are you involved in guardianship matters or end of life,    health care decision-making?

Some call it elder abuse or financial exploitation, or elder exploitation. Some in Palm Beach county may refer to this financial abuse Florida as financial crimes against the elderly. But what we are talking about, and what many probate lawyers Palm Beach must deal with, is an older client, such as a senior citizen, being taken advantage of financially.  In Florida estate or probate circles, this may be referred to as civil theft, conversion, and even larceny.  In Palm Beach Countyand indeed Florida, there are elder laws which protect our seniors and permit them to filecriminal charges against financial predators Florida, as well as seek civil remedies ordamages, such as the return of their money in probate court or the civil division or trial division of our court system.

Suppose that mom had a $3 Million estate and lived in Boca Raton Florida when she passed away in 2015. Hypothetical.  So, you’ve hired an aggressive probate litigator West Palm Beach to answer one question: what can you do if you think your sister took your mom’s money? So, you have been waiting for your inheritance, but your sister is mum: your sister won’t tell you anything about mom’s estate, mom’s Florida revocable living trust, even though your sister is the trustee of mom’s trust.  You’ve heard that people, even daughters, who take money from a senior citizen in Florida may have committed elder financial abuse, what some call financial exploitation Palm Beach.  Did your sister steal your Florida inheritance?  Here are 3 places to look for your inheritance when you think your sister may have taken it.

So, maybe you are the beneficiary of dad’s revocable trust, but you are wondering where all of dad’s money went.  Why isn’t there more money in dad’s Florida living trust? Did my sister, who was dad’s Florida power of attorney, mis-use the POA to take dad’s money?  Did my sister, who was dad’s successor trustee of his Florida trust, hide assets from me and not put all the money in the revocable trust?  If my sister says dad made a  $300,000 loan or a gift to her, how does that get proven in a probate litigation trial West Palm Beach?

Are  you the beneficiary of a Florida revocable trust and wonder if the trust has all the money it is supposed to have?  Put another way, if your mom’s revocable trust leaves the trust equally to 4 children, do you think thesuccessor trustee took trust assets before the inheritance split?  Did the successor trustee or Power of Attorney use the POA to transfer assets to himself instead of to the revocable trust which gets split evenly 4 ways?  Consider reading a July 31, 2015 Ohio probate litigation case involving a POA, and a successor trustee who was found to have committed concealment and embezzlement. This case makes you ask: if your brother or sister took money from dad, how do you really tell if it was embezzlement or a gift or a loan?

Perhaps your mother is retired in Boca Raton and may be advanced in years. Her Boca Raton probate lawyer created a nice estate plan for mom, who is now married to her 2nd spouse.  Maybe you don’t get along, well, quite well with your step-father, your mom’s husband.   The next thing you know, there is a petition for guardianship filed by your stepfather in the Delray Beach probate court.  What should adult step-children know when your mom’s 2nd husband files for Florida guardianship?  To be clear, we are talking about a Florida guardianship of an adult person, like our mom or dad, not a guardianship Florida of a minor child.

Are you thinking about filing for guardianship in Florida?  If so, you should know a few things before you get into a guardianship case.  Here are 5 things family members should know about filing for guardianship in Florida. In this Florida guardianship commentary, we are talking about a guardianship over an adult person, such as your mom or dad in Florida.

Why are Florida guardianships increasing?  As our parents age, their bodies may be holding out just fine, but their minds, well, they, well, …………..slow down.  Our parents are slowing down here in Palm Beach County.  

WEST PALM BEACH, FL  Guardianship lawsuit update:  are you living in Palm Beach, Florida and concerned about a  Florida guardianship of you (your person) and your property?  Adult guardianship for Florida residents are common, and the number of probate court-filed guardianship for Palm Beach adults seems to be rising.  Guardianship lawsuits by probate litigators Boca Raton, appear to be, likewise, common and increasing.  Or…. are you an adult child, perhaps living someone other than in Florida, and you are concerned for the care of your mom or dad living in Boynton Beach?  Are you thinking of filing for Palm Beach guardianship?  You should read this recent (June 24, 2015) Palm Beach guardianship case which went to Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach.