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4th DCA: Tenancy by the entirety as shield in wrongful death litigation

By Juan C. Antúnez on October 20, 2007

Berlin v. Pecora, — So.2d —-, 2007 WL 2710764 (Fla. 4th DCA Sep…
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Florida legislation expressly authorizes mandatory arbitration clauses in wills and trusts

By Juan C. Antúnez on September 26, 2007

Effective July 1, 2007, Florida became the first state in the nation…

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4th DCA: Cautionary tale: why funding a revocable trust REALLY matters when it comes to real property

By Juan C. Antúnez on September 17, 2007

Vaughan v. Boerckel, — So.2d —-, 2007 WL 2428516 (Fla. 4th DCA Aug…

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M.D.Fla.: Why sue trusts? Because that’s where the money is

By Juan C. Antúnez on September 4, 2007

“I rob banks because that’s where the money is.”  Celebrity bank robber…
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Trust Accounting: Remedy or Cause of Action?

By Juan C. Antúnez on September 3, 2007

Becker v. Davis, 491 F.3d 1292 (11th Cir.(Fla.) Jul 11, 2007)

In…
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Of lost wills and “virtually” adopted heirs

By Juan C. Antúnez on August 16, 2007

In re Estate of Musil, — So.2d —-, 2007 WL 2317189…
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Truth is stranger than fiction

By Juan C. Antúnez on August 5, 2007

The saying "truth is stranger than fiction" didn’t originate in a trusts-and-estates…
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Can a posthumously conceived child be a beneficiary of your trust?

By Juan C. Antúnez on August 1, 2007

As technology races ahead in the development of new forms of assisted…

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THE COMPLETELY INSANE LAW OF PARTIAL INSANITY

By Juan C. Antúnez on July 25, 2007

Last year I wrote here about a case out of the 3d DCA…

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Drafting trustee settlement agreements that stick

By Juan C. Antúnez on July 21, 2007

Commercial Capital Resources, LLC v. Giovannetti, 955 So.2d 1151 (Fla. 3d DCA Mar 28,…
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