Non-resident parties can’t be pulled into Florida litigation if they don’t have
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Can a Florida probate judge order you to turn over property located in Canada?
In contested probate proceedings, if someone’s asserting a jurisdictional defense it’s probably
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Must all probate disclaimers of real estate contain legal descriptions?
Lee v. Lee, 263 So.3d 826 (Fla. 3d DCA January 23,
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Is half a signature enough to validly execute a will?
Will execution formalities are second nature to most of us, but it
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When can you reopen a Florida probate proceeding?
When it comes to probate proceedings, there’s a strong public policy favoring
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What’s it take to haul an Illinois estate planner into a Florida courtroom for malpractice?
Florida remains the largest recipient of state-to-state migration in the US
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Does Florida’s “delayed discovery doctrine” apply to undue influence claims?
Flanzer v. Kaplan, — So.3d —- 2017 WL 5759041 (Fla. 2d
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If you kill someone in self defense, can you still collect on their life insurance policy?
So who gets to occupy the decedent’s contested real estate?
Delbrouck v. Eberling, — So.3d —-, 2015 WL 5948724 (Fla. 4th
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