Dynasty trusts are a huge growth industry [click here], and
What probate lawyers should know about fee disputes under Florida’s Wrongful Death Act
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Can you enforce a California constructive-trust judgment against a Florida homestead?
How Pennsylvania officials and an inept trustee board of directors screwed poor kids out of $1 billion by stopping the sale of candy-maker Hershey Company
Jonathan Klick of the Florida State University College of Law and Robert
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“Constructive trust” + “quasi in rem jurisdiction” = tool for recovering probate assets when the doors of the probate courthouse are closed to you
What do you do if an heir shows up after the probate
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Hoegh v. Estate of Johnson, — So.2d —-, 2008 WL 2605068
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S.D.Fla: Trust litigation bounced from federal court: federal trial courts lack jurisdiction to review final judgments of state courts
4th DCA: When a joint bank account is created with the funds of one person, there is a presumption of a gift to the other person which may be rebutted only by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary
Lawyer’s Checklist: Assessment of Testamentary Capacity and Vulnerability to Undue Influence
If you’re representing a plaintiff in an undue-influence or testamentary-capacity case, one of your first
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