Tim Newell, the nephew of the late Elizabeth Banks, sued Johns Hopkins University
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Asset protection planning = DANGER FOR LAWYERS
Asset protection planning’s a high risk practice area that many estate planners
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Does F.S. 56.29 give a Florida court personal jurisdiction over a Kentucky trustee absent a basis for personal jurisdiction under Florida’s long-arm statute?
4th DCA: Does Rule 1.525′s 30-day deadline apply in adversary probate proceedings?
Stone v. Stone, — So.3d —-, 2014 WL 537547 (Fla. 4th
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Does judge’s independent investigation of facts in guardianship proceeding = disqualification?
1st DCA: What’s the test for “competency” when it comes to executing a preneed guardianship designation; and when’s a probate judge authorized to disregard an otherwise valid designation?
Miami attorney Patrick Lannon on undue influence claims challenging inter vivos (lifetime) gifts, and how we (and our courts) can do a better job of connecting the dots
Most inheritance litigation involving claims of undue influence arise in the context
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Does buyer’s remorse equal “coercion” sufficient to get you out of a mediated settlement agreement?
Most inheritance cases settle, and most settlement agreements are never contested. But
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Can the “equitable exception” doctrine salvage a will’s non-existent exercise of a power of appointment?
Alimony claim vs. creditor protected trust. Who wins?
If you’re a family-law or trusts and estates lawyer, you can’t ignore
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