Declaratory judgment actions can be uniquely useful tools for probate practitioners;
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Can you challenge the revocation of a revocable trust on undue influence grounds? Statute says YES, 4th DCA says NO. I say … what?!
In 2011 the Florida legislature passed CS/HB 325, which, among other
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Assessment of Older Adults with Diminished Capacity: A Handbook for Psychologists
A central issue driving most — if not all — will or
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For out-of-wedlock children, what counts as a “written acknowledgment” of paternity?
Undue Influence: The Dutiful Child Exception
Most parents want to treat their children fairly in their estate planning,
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Defining Undue Influence
If you run a search for the term “undue influence” in Florida’s
What’s it take to rebut the presumption of undue influence?
F.S. 732.5165 tells us that a will (or any party of it)
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Why isn’t a will that’s valid in Belgium also valid in Florida?
Florida is a magnet for people and foreign capital. Last year alone
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What’s the right way and the wrong way to litigate a revocable trust while the settlor’s alive?
Attorneys faced with elderly clients sliding into incapacity grapple with daunting ethical
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Has all of Florida’s common law for modifying or terminating irrevocable trusts been replaced by statute?
Irrevocable trusts stay “irrevocable” only as long as everyone with a stake
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