In re Estate of Murphy, — So.3d —-, 2015 WL 6777216
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Ethics violation = undue influence = attorney and paralegal forfeit $7.2 million bequest
According to newspaper accounts this will contest revolved around allegations of undue
Continue Reading Ethics violation = undue influence = attorney and paralegal forfeit $7.2 million bequestWill contest casts a shadow on a prominent St. Petersburg estate-planning lawyer who stands to gain millions
Tampa probate litigator Russell R. Winer was kind enough to point me
Continue Reading Will contest casts a shadow on a prominent St. Petersburg estate-planning lawyer who stands to gain millions
Dependent relative revocation doctrine + prior wills = no standing to sue
In re Estate of Coukos, 947 So.2d 1290, 32 Fla. L.
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Is it possible for three children completely cut out of their mother’s last will, as well as the three wills she previously executed, to somehow end up as sole beneficiaries of her estate? Yes
Dependent Relative Revocation doctrine falls short in attempt to fix an estate plan gone awry
Rosoff v. Harding, 2005 WL 1163101 (Fla. 4th DCA May 18,
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