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2d DCA: Can estate creditors strike sweetheart side deals that cut out the PR?

By Juan C. Antúnez on November 23, 2009

Copeland v. Buswell, — So.3d —-, 2009 WL 2243701 (Fla. 2d…

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3d DCA: How to value FLPs in probate litigation: “fair value” vs. “fair market vaue”

By Juan C. Antúnez on July 6, 2009

Zoldan v. Zohlman, — So.3d —-, 2009 WL 1310995 (Fla. 3d…

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2d DCA: PR can’t pay off a mortgage on specifically-devised property unless the will says so

By Juan C. Antúnez on April 11, 2008

In re Estate of Woodward, — So.2d —-, 2008 WL 942044…
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3d DCA: Does secretarial oversight = “excusable neglect” for blowing a deadline date in probate?

By Juan C. Antúnez on February 17, 2008

In re Estate of Cummins, — So.2d —-, 2008 WL 373414…
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5th DCA: Motion to strike does not qualify as an “objection” to creditor’s claim

By Juan C. Antúnez on January 23, 2008

Fernandez-Fox v. Estate Of Lindsay, — So.2d —-, 2008 WL 160920…
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Income Tax Planning in Probate: IRS Rules Gain from Post-Death Sale of Decedent’s Real Property under Pre-Death Contract Wasn’t IRD

By Juan C. Antúnez on December 4, 2007

Clients are often surprised to learn that, for the most part, inherited…
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The 11th Circuit on estate tax valuation discounts; dissent decries “doctrine of ignoble ease”

By Juan C. Antúnez on November 22, 2007

Estate of Jelke v. C.I.R., — F.3d —-, 2007 WL 3378539…
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Creditor claims in probate: substance trumps form

By Juan C. Antúnez on October 29, 2007

Florida law doesn’t cut creditors any slack when it comes to blowing…

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Estate tax deductions for claims against the estate: IRS proposes new regulations

By Juan C. Antúnez on June 13, 2007

Failing to properly coordinate how a claim against an estate is administered…
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Florida’s unforgiving 2-year non-claim statute strikes again!

By Juan C. Antúnez on October 16, 2006

Bush v. Webb, 2006 WL 2872522 (Fla. 1st DCA October 11…

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