With the untimely death of Paul Walker, the star of The Fast and The Furious, http://www.thefastandthefurious.com/ attention has focused to his $25 million estate. Walker evidently had a $10 million home and a #Will which left his entire estate to his minor daughter.
In a very recent Michigan trust case, one brother sued brother as a trustee over #trust money.
Experienced Florida trial lawyers, and those whose practice is limited to litigation in Florida, have all come across clients who want a judge removed. What does it take to remove a Florida trial judge? Does it make sense to do that? And is it really in the client’s best interests to seek to disqualify a Florida trial judge?
This is a recent Florida trust case involving a wealthy Florida man who got divorced from his spouse, and the former wife’s attempt to have her alimony paid from the wealthy man’s Florida trusts. This case deals specifically with whether a Florida court has personal jurisdiction over a Florida trustee and is a “sister” or companion case to a Florida appeals court opinion involving the same parties and issues.
A Florida estate case was decide literally days ago by a Florida appeals court. The Florida estate case dealt with probate litigation and the payment of estate administration expenses in Florida. If you are involved in a Florida estate dispute over the payment of funeral expenses, expenses of probate administration, or the payment of debts of the deceased Florida citizen, you may want to read this very recent case. For a complete copy of the recent Florida appeals court opinion, which dealt with the Florida probate, email Michelle@pankauskilawfirm.com.
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.
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 !
Second or third marriage? In Florida, particularly Palm Beach and Broward County Florida, second, third, and fourth marriages are very common. These so-called “late-life” marriages can be a blessing to seniors in their golden years on a personal level: companionship, company, love.
Your mother is in her 80’s, and while still sharp, you know she is slowing down. Well, at least you think you do. While you don’t see her often, you hear it on the phone. Actually, you don’t call often, but when you do, you think that mom is getting older quicker. You don’t see this firsthand because you don’t visit, even though mom lives in a very nice condo near the beach in Boca Raton, Florida and she’s asked you to visit many times.
Your parents are dead and you wondering where all the money went. Your mom and dad lived in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in a house that’s worth $800,000. Dad was an executive who you believe had lots of life insurance and a huge retirement account. Mom and dad lived lavishly, but how much could they really spend in retirement?