Justin Barber was convicted in 2006 of murdering his 27 year old
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Arbitration vs. Mediation in Probate Litigation
A Legal Times article entitled Considering Arbitration’s Costs and Dangers does a
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Do the beneficiaries of an estate have standing to sue the decedent’s estate planning attorneys for malpractice?
“Disengaged” PR + blown estate tax filing deadline = $233,359 late penalty
Estate of Zlotowski v. C.I.R., T.C. Memo. 2007-203 (Jul 24, 2007)
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Of lost wills and “virtually” adopted heirs
In re Estate of Musil, — So.2d —-, 2007 WL 2317189
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Bancroft Trusts’ Lawyers Hold Key to Dow Jones
I can’t imagine a more extreme example of trustee decision making under
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How much due process is a mentally ill patient entitled to in an involuntary commitment proceeding?
Register v. State, 946 So.2d 50 (Fla. 1st DCA Dec 15,
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Widow lacks property interest in husband’s body
City of Key West v. Knowles, 948 So.2d 58 (Fla. 3d
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Marshall v. Marshall: The Supreme Court’s Get-Out-of-Probate-Free Card.
I’ve previously written about how the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Marshall
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Termination of a guardianship upon a change in domicile
In re Guardianship of Graham, — So.2d —-, 2007 WL 2189111
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