This is my running list of significant Florida trusts-and-estates related appellate opinions for 2017. If you think I’ve missed an important case that deserves wider notice, please let me know. As new decisions are published I’ll add them to the list. The cases listed below are hyper-linked to the court’s original opinion and any commentary I may have written about the case.

  1. In re Estate of Arroyo v. Infinity Indemnity Insurance Company, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 192019 (Fla. 3d DCA January 18, 2017) (2-YR non-claim statute; insurance litigation)
  2. Inglis v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 2017 WL 637485 (M.D. Fla., Feb. 16, 2017) (trustee; civil theft)
  3. Wilson v. Wilson, — So.3d —-2017 WL 621242 (Fla. 3d DCA February 15, 2017) (Intervention by an already removed personal representative of decedent’s estate was improper)
  4. Depriest v. Greeson, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 672155 (Fla. 1st DCA February 21, 2017) (crash of estate vehicle; vicarious liability)
  5. Bryan v. Fernald, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 694578 (Fla. 2d DCA February 22, 2017) (res judicata; probate orders)
  6. Spradley v. Spradley, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 913632 (Fla. 2d DCA March 08, 2017) (can you sue an “estate”)
  7. Flinn v. Doty, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 92350 (Fla. 4th DCA March 8, 2017) (homestead; equitable subrogation)
  8. Cohen v. Shushan, et al., — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 1018422 (Fla. 2d DCA March 15, 2017) (Israeli domestic union, marriage)
  9. Lopez v. Flores, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 1018492 (Fla. 3d DCA March 15, 2017) (attorney disqualification)
  10. Birchfield v. Armstrong, No. 4:15-cv-00615-RH-CAS, —- WL —– (N.D. Fla. March 23, 2017) (Florida Must Add Same-Sex Spouses to Death Certificates)
  11. Hooker v. Hooker, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 1177636 (Fla. March 30, 2017) (inter-spousal gifts during marriage)
  12. Edwards v. Maxwell, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 1201873 (Fla. 1st DCA March 31, 2017) (discretionary trust beneficiary standing to contest adoption)
  13. Yergin v. Georgopolos,  — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 1277995 (Fla. 3d DCA April 05, 2017) (estates; litigating unclaimed-funds claims)
  14. Kelly v. Lindenau, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 2180970 (Fla. 2d DCA May 17, 2017) (trust execution; reformation)
  15. In re Guardianship of Bloom, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 2270124 (Fla. 2d DCA May 24, 2017) (notice requirements; trust fee petitions)
  16. Bivins v. Rogers, 2017 WL 5526874 (S.D. Fla., June 01, 2017) (res judicata; malpractice claims)
  17. Winslow v. Deck, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 3279134 (Fla. 4th DCA August 02, 2017) (will contests; filing deadlines)
  18. Smith v. Smith, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 3774702 (Fla. August 31, 2017) (adult ward’s right to marry)
  19. Hernandez v. Hernandez, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 3880452 (Fla. 3d DCA September 06, 2017) (standing; fee dispute; guardianship case)
  20. Smith v. Smith, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 3774702 (Fla. August 31, 2017) (elderly ward’s right to marry)
  21. Landau v. Landau, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 4158841 (Fla. 3d DCA September 20, 2017) (injunction freezing trust assets)
  22. Taylor v. Moskow, — Fed.Appx. —-, 2017 WL 4899742 (U.S. 11th Cir. October 31, 2017) (trust litigation; personal jurisdiction)
  23. Sarfaty v. M.S., — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 4938812 (Fla. 3d DCA November 1, 2017) (pleading requirements; guardianship petitions)
  24. Smith v. Smith, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 5661144 (Fla. 1st DCA November 27, 2017) (premarital agreement; removal of PR)
  25. Stuart v. Ryan, 232 So.3d 418, 2017 WL 5899856 (Fla. 4th DCA November 29, 2017) (residence; homestead; equitable lien)
  26. Flanzer v. Kaplan, — So.3d —- 2017 WL 5759041 (Fla. 2d DCA November 29, 2017) (undue influence; delayed discovery doctrine)