Did grandfather’s will leave everything to someone…..or did part of the inheritance under the will fail ? Do grandchildren inherit — not under the will — but as heirs or next of kin? Who wins: the #foundation or the #grandchildren ?
RECENT FLORIDA TRUST CASE AND WILL CHALLENGE: who gets the money from a power of appointment ? Children against non family estate beneficiary
Florida trusts hold a lot of money. I’ve never seen any estimates, or studies, but anyone’s best guess is that Florida trusts hold billions and billions of dollars.
TRUSTEE REMOVED FROM FLORIDA TRUST IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA TRUST LAWSUIT
The Pankauski Law Firm PLLC successfully removed a Florida trustee from continuing to serve as trustee of a Florida trust. The West Palm Beach law firm, whose practice is limited to estate and trust matters, represented two Florida trustees seeking the removal of a third, co-trustee. The two co-trustees were successful, prevailing at a specially set, evidentiary hearing in the probate court which hears Florida trust matters in Palm Beach County, Florida. The hearing occurred in the probate court in the downtown West Palm Beach, Florida courthouse.
STEPDAUGHTER VS. STEPFATHER: FIGHTING OVER MOM’S ESTATE, HER PROBATE AND EVEN HER LAST MARRIAGE— AFTER HER DEATH-recent Wisconsin Supreme Court case sheds light on stepchild-stepfather probate lawsuit attacking marriage
Who will control Mom’s estate and all her money? Her daughter or her husband? This is the question posed by a very recent probate lawsuit that wasn’t just fighting over an estate, or a lot of money. It also was an inheritance dispute over whether Mom was validly married to a man when she died. Of course, this lawsuit questioning whether Mom’s last marriage was void or not occurred AFTER Mom’s death !
YOU STOLE MY TRUST !: a recent Connecticut case considers Florida trust law and trust “decanting”–shifting trust assets to a new trust
Are you the beneficiary of a Florida trust? What can you learn about a very recent Connecticut Superior Court case involving trust litigation and the concept known as “trust decanting?”
Interpreting Florida Trusts: What do you do when people read the trust differently?
How can two (or more people) read a trust document and believe it says completely different things? It happens all the time. Trust beneficiaries interpret the trust document one way, and other beneficiaries, or the trustee, interpret it another way……even in the face of so-called “clear” trust language. When this happens, a way to resolve the difference is to file a declaratory judgment action (“dec action”) and ask a judge to read the trust document and tell everyone what it says. If the trust document is clear and un-ambiguous, the court may be able to rule without the necessity of a trial.
Florida Guardianship & Attorneys Fees Orders Affirmed: 4th DCA February 3, 2016
A February 3, 2016 4th District Court of Appeal opinion in the case of Gort v. Gort, 4D14-3830, provides Florida GuardianshipLawyers with insight into a final summary judgment order and an order on attorneys fees. (Note: picture above courtesy of www.freeimages.com and are actors and do not depict the parties) Here is a copy of the 4th DCA guardianship opinion: http://4dca.org/opinions/Feb%202016/02-03-16/4d14-3830.CO-op.WR.dissent.pdf