There is no such thing as a guaranteed “anything” in this world, and the same certainly holds true for family wealth in the trust world: there is no guaranteed inheritance. Even when your family is crazy rich.
There is no such thing as a guaranteed “anything” in this world, and the same certainly holds true for family wealth in the trust world: there is no guaranteed inheritance. Even when your family is crazy rich.
Are you involved in a Florida probate administration? Many someone died and an estate has been opened up. You have been getting court documents in the mail and letters from attorneys with terms you don’t understand and legal mumbo jumbo and deadlines.
Can I demand an inheritance? Must my mother or father leave me something when they die? Florida probate law has answered this: No.
You have inheritance rights………….. don’t you? Has a parent or grandparent just died in Florida? Are you wondering if you, as an “heir” or maybe even a beneficiary under a Florida will or trust, have inheritance rights? What are your rights if you are not in a will? What if you are dis-inherited?
Florida estates may encounter charitable gifts or charitable devises (distributions) under a Florida will or revocable trust. Some charitable gifts are outright (“To the Pankauski Foundation, I leave $1,000,000”). Others are held in donor advised funds. According to Fidelity Investment’s Fidelity Charitable Giving Report, total charitable giving in 2011 alone was close to $300 Billion ! Much of that charitable giving was in donor advised funds.
Do you wonder where all the money in your mom or dad’s estate went to? Are you involved in a probate matter in Palm Beach County, Florida? Many times, children and heirs believe that mom or dad died owning a lot more assets, or simply died much richer than the estate inventory or accounting shows. So, heirs and children sometimes wonder : where’s all the money? When the heirs or children to a Florida probate begin to participate in the estate administration process in Florida, they may learn that lifetime gifts were made by mom or dad.
Where’s all of mom’s money ? I thought dad died with a lot more. Florida probate lawyers from West Palm Beach to Coral Springs here these comments all the time they are involved with a Palm Beach estate or a Broward County probate. Many times heirs, beneficiaries and children wonder where their parents’ assets, bank accounts, stocks and bonds, and cash went to.
Are you concerned about how assets and property in a Florida estate are being invested? Are you a beneficiary or heir or family member to a Florida estate which is supposed to give you your inheritance? Or maybe you are the Florida executor, the Florida personal representative of the Florida probate and want to know how to invest. I’m sure that your Florida probate lawyer has informed you about how an estate in Florida is administered.
For good or for ill, the number of Florida guardianships which are contested or litigated in Palm Beach County, Florida and Broward County, Florida are exploding. Yes, Florida guardianship trials are increasing. Probate lawsuits over who will take care of someone, who will make someone’s most personal decisions, and who will control one’s property, are increasing. Florida guardianships are not just handling issues of who should make decisions over someone’s health, personal rights and property, but probate courts and guardianship courts from Palm Beach Gardens to Ft. Lauderdale are now judging the “fights” between family members, heirs and advisors of the person who is, may, or may not, be in need of a Florida guardian.
Do you believe that you are the victim of probate fraud? Are you involved in probate litigation in Martin County, Palm Beach or Broward County, Florida? Is there a Florida estate or probate open for a person who died in Florida? If you are a beneficiary of a Florida trust or estate, or are a creditor of the dead person, you may be getting a number of Palm Beach probate court filed documents or Broward County probate documents which ask you to sign something or agree to something in the estate or probate matter.