Spend Your Legal Dollars Wisely in Estate Disputes Family feuds are common in Palm Beach County, particularly when a Florida resident passes away. Brother suing sister, step mom versus stepdaughter, heirs versus the trustee, are, for good or for ill, commonplace in the world of the Palm Beach estate litigation and trust litigation throughout Florida.
In January 2010, a Florida father of adult children died. He was a Florida resident, he had a Florida will, and was not survived by a spouse. For some reason, the probate proceeding in the Florida Circuit Court for the County where this father passed away did not begin until July 2011.
Using an expert witness in your Florida probate trial? If so, a very recent Florida case from the fifth District Court of Appeal, sheds important light on the striking of an expert witness for both Florida trial lawyers and Florida appellate attorneys.
Do you think your attorney’s wife should inherit your whole estate? What if you are a family member or an heir? What if you learned that your aunt left all her money, her CDs, her checking account, her mutual funds, and her IRAs, to ………… the wife of her estate planning attorney? Here is a very recent case out of the Midwest, just decided within the last few weeks.
“Where did my inheritance go?” “Who took my money?” Often, some beneficiaries of Florida estates are disappointed when they don’t receive an inheritance. Or, sometimes a Florida will or a Florida estate leaves you less of an inheritance than you expected. “Where did the money go? I thought mom or dad were worth a lot more than that” you wonder.
Is your Florida probate shutdown? Still waiting for your inheritance? Has a Florida estate, of which you are a beneficiary, been closed and you don’t know why? The Florida probate process, or what may be referred to as the estate administration process, may be “administratively closed” if there is no action estate. What does this all mean?
Are you involved in a Florida estate? Did somebody just passed away in Florida, and you’re wondering what’s going on, and what’s happening with the estate?
John Pankauski, a probate litigation attorney in West Palm Beach, Florida has announced that he completed a second book on family wealth and inheritance fights, the subject matter of his work: probate litigation. “I’m about 90-95% finished with my second book on probate litigation” said Pankauski, arriving back recently from a trip to the Far East which included Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Vietnam.
Are you in the middle of a Florida probate dispute? Is your probate lawyer speaking to you about settling your lawsuit?
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.