July 2012

Effective July 1, 2012, Florida now has post-divorce automatic nullification statute for beneficiary-designated non-probate assets such as life insurance, annuities, pay-on-death accounts, and retirement planning accounts

By Juan C. Antúnez on July 28, 2012

In 1951 Florida enacted a statute automatically cutting divorced spouses out of…
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S.D. Tex: Unpaid taxes on $35 million gift + bad legal advice = personal liability for executor and trustee

By Juan C. Antúnez on July 22, 2012

United States v. MacIntyre, ___ F.Supp.2d ___, 2012 WL 2403491 (S.D.
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Can a condo subject to a 100 year lease = creditor protected homestead property for your heirs?

By Juan C. Antúnez on July 2, 2012

Once again we have a homestead case where the key to understanding…

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2d DCA: If a probate will contest and a civil trust action involving the same facts are both pending, is the right answer to “abate” one of the cases or “consolidate” them into a single trial?

By Christian Cameron on July 1, 2012

Relinger v. Fox, — So.3d —-, 2011 WL 439428 (Fla. 2d…

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