Probate litigation has a way of spawning jurisdictional disputes that make your
Estate Plans With Reins: Directed Trusts Allow Pinpoint Control of an Asset
Florida recently adopted it’s own version of a “directed trusts“
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Legal Fees Get 2 Ga. Lawyers Indicted Under ‘Slayer’s Statute’
If you practice in South Florida you’ve probably heard about the the
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Son of wanted Nazi wants him declared dead
As I’ve written before, under Florida law you don’t need to actually
Continue Reading Son of wanted Nazi wants him declared deadWhy Do Lawyers Lie? One Word: Narcissism
As a self confessed trusts-and-estates “law geek”, I obviously believe courts (and thus
Probate litigation UK style: where there’s a will there’s a war
I’ve written before about the upswing in trusts-and-estates litigation in this country
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Did Florida’s new trust code weaken existing creditor protections for Florida irrevocable trusts?
Dynasty trusts are a huge growth industry [click here], and
Lawyer’s Checklist: Assessment of Testamentary Capacity and Vulnerability to Undue Influence
If you’re representing a plaintiff in an undue-influence or testamentary-capacity case, one of your first
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Might the U.S. Justice Department blow a hole in Switzerland’s centuries-old banking-secrecy rules?
I’ve written before about the jurisdictional competition for trust funds, both within
Details of Tobias estate/ slayer statute litigation revealed
Bud Newman of the Daily Business Review reported here on the details
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