A few years ago Jonathan Galler published an excellent article in the
Continue Reading When’s a creditor claim decided in the Probate Division, and when’s it decided in the Civil Division?

A few years ago Jonathan Galler published an excellent article in the…
Continue Reading When’s a creditor claim decided in the Probate Division, and when’s it decided in the Civil Division?
I recently reported on the Erlandsson v. Erlandsson decision and how the…
Continue Reading Interview with an Elder Law Lawyer: Enrique Zamora
If ownership of a business asset is contested in an estate, the…
Continue Reading Partnership Agreement vs Will. Who wins?Increasing numbers of people have connections with one country, but live and…
Continue Reading What’s “Section 1782” and why should probate attorneys care?
F.S. 732.5165 tells us that a will (or any party of it)…
Continue Reading What’s it take to rebut the presumption of undue influence?
Florida is a magnet for people and foreign capital. Last year alone…
Continue Reading Why isn’t a will that’s valid in Belgium also valid in Florida?
Attorneys 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?
Ever wonder why we don’t spend much time thinking about the income…
Continue Reading What’s the “origin of the claim” doctrine and why should trusts and estates litigators care?
If you’re working with the trustee of an irrevocable trust that needs…
Continue Reading When to “decant” a trust. It’s getting easier to modify irrevocable trusts. Here’s how it works.
Irrevocable trusts stay “irrevocable” only as long as everyone with a stake…
Continue Reading Has all of Florida’s common law for modifying or terminating irrevocable trusts been replaced by statute?