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In Florida, all you ever wanted to know, just about, of powers of attorney is contained in Chapter 709 of Florida Statutes.   Florida probate attorneys know that this chapter was “re-created” last year and that this past legislative session saw some slight changes to the POA statute.   Now, there are so-called “super powers” which a client may, or may not, grant to his or her attorney in fact.  Since a power of attorney in Florida is a fiduciary relationship, estate and trust attorneys, and guardianship attorneys, know that a fiduciary is prohibited from “self dealing.” 

Florida probate litigator John Pankauski will speak at and facilitate conferences on elder abuse and financial exploitation of the elderly at today’s 2013 Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys Elder Concert, held in Boca Raton, Florida at Florida Atlantic University. Pankauski’s law firm represents wards, guardians and family members who have been the victim of financial abuse.  His firm also handles a number of contested guardianship proceedings in Florida. Pankauski is expected to lead a discussion of topics to include mis-use of powers of attorney and trusts, lawsuits involving financial and economic wrongs and torts,and how family members may be involved in Florida guardianship proceedings when dealing with one’s property and personal rights.

Florida trial attorney John Pankauski, a member of the Probate and Fiduciary Litigation Committee of the ABA Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section, was recently chosen as the Vice-Chair of the Litigation, Ethics & Malpractice Group. Pankauski is a trial lawyer with the Pankauski Law Firm PLLC in Florida, and restricts his practice to trials and disputes involving probate, wills, trusts, estates and contested guardianships.