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?
Your favorite probate lawyer calls; she’s got a potential trust case for
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If you kill someone in self defense, can you still collect on their life insurance policy?
If you murder someone, you can’t collect on their life insurance policy.
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So who gets to occupy the decedent’s contested real estate?
Contested probate proceedings often revolve around conflicting claims to specific property that’s
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Does a discretionary trust beneficiary have standing to challenge an adoption that could potentially dilute his interest in the trust?
Is an “estate” a legal entity that can be sued?
You’ll often hear lawyers speak in terms of suing “the estate,” or
Continue Reading Is an “estate” a legal entity that can be sued?Can an estate get sued if someone gets in an accident driving the decedent’s car?
One of the first things any beginning probate lawyer learns is to
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Are guardians ad litem (GALs) mandatory when settling a minor’s claims?
Two points to keep in mind when thinking about the Allen case.
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Can an e-filing mistake blow your probate creditor filing deadline?
What’s it take to haul an offshore trust into a U.S. federal court on diversity-jurisdiction grounds?
Vast sums of wealth are held in family trusts — and the
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