In our increasingly mobile society, adult guardianships often involve more than one
Continue Reading Florida needs to adopt the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act

In our increasingly mobile society, adult guardianships often involve more than one…
Continue Reading Florida needs to adopt the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act
I recently reported on the Erlandsson v. Erlandsson decision and how the…
Continue Reading Interview with an Elder Law Lawyer: Enrique ZamoraAttorneys faced with elderly clients sliding into incapacity grapple with daunting ethical…
Continue Reading What’s the right way and the wrong way to litigate a revocable trust while the settlor’s alive?One of the most confoundingly difficult challenges we all face as trusts…
Continue Reading How to ethically represent disabled adults in contested guardianship proceedingsFirst filed in 2014, this contested guardianship proceeding has dragged on in…
Continue Reading A civil dispute over guardianshipThe bread and butter work of most probate litigators includes breach of…
Continue Reading What’s it take to prove criminal “intent” in exploitation of the elderly cases?
Here’s my summary of what happened legislatively in 2018 on the elder…
Continue Reading 2018 Legislative Update: Elder Law and Guardianship (+ Backstories)
If you’re the trustee of a trust, F.S. 736.0816(20) tells us you’re…
Continue Reading When do you have to give notice if you’re trying to get your attorney’s fees paid from a trust under F.S. 736.1005?
Smith v. Smith, — So.3d —-, 2017 WL 3774702 (Fla. August…
Continue Reading Marriage, Guardianships . . . and the Power of Framing
Smith v. Smith, — So.3d —-, 2016 WL 803625 (Fla. 4th…
Continue Reading 4th DCA: Love and marriage in contested Florida guardianships