The U.S. has the world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent
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When can you litigate your inheritance case in federal court?
Prof. John Langbein recently wrote, “In modern American practice the state-operated
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What’s “Section 1782” and why should probate attorneys care?
Increasing numbers of people have connections with one country, but live and
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When to “decant” a trust. It’s getting easier to modify irrevocable trusts. Here’s how it works.
If you’re working with the trustee of an irrevocable trust that needs
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Can you sue a fictitious “John Doe” instead of a deceased party’s actual court-appointed personal representative?
To be clear, under Florida law there’s no such thing as a
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What’s a “caveat” and why should probate attorneys care?
There are all sorts of reasons why you may not want to
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Jury trials in Will contests
In Florida we don’t have jury trials in will contests. But if
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Is a homestead order entered by a probate judge lacking jurisdictional authority binding on third parties?
Sometimes third parties who had no knowledge of a family’s probate proceeding
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Are Florida’s courtroom doors closed to older claimants seeking to establish paternity in probate proceedings, but wide open for everyone else?
If a man dies intestate, any children he had while married
Continue Reading Are Florida’s courtroom doors closed to older claimants seeking to establish paternity in probate proceedings, but wide open for everyone else?
Can “excusable neglect” get you an extension to file a late homestead election?
One of the basic building blocks of Florida probate law is the
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