The key to understanding this case is recognizing that one word —
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Child support claim vs. creditor protected trust. Who wins?
The creditor protected trust at the center of this case is a
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Is a surviving spouse’s community-property claim subject to the filing deadlines for probate “creditor” claims?
Can I sue a decedent’s insurance company if my probate creditor claims are time barred?
Florida statute section 46.021 tells us that “[n]o cause of action dies
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Can the 500-year-old “relation back” doctrine be used to block today’s $4 million probate creditor claim?
Just because someone’s Will says you’re their personal representative (PR) doesn’t make
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Fla/3d DCA: What’s a “reasonably ascertainable” probate creditor and why should you care?
Golden v. Jones, — So.3d —-, 2015 WL 5727788 (Fla. October
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If a probate creditor files his “independent action” in the wrong division of the circuit court, should the action be dismissed or transferred?
One of the decedent’s two sons claimed his father owed him over
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