
If you’re going to sue a decedent’s probate estate, the first question you’ll need to ask yourself is if your lawsuit is going to be subject to Florida’s ultra-short limitations periods for probate creditor claims. And to answer that
If you’re going to sue a decedent’s probate estate, the first question you’ll need to ask yourself is if your lawsuit is going to be subject to Florida’s ultra-short limitations periods for probate creditor claims. And to answer that…
Florida’s new Community Property Trust Act is the subject of two excellent Florida Bar Journal articles by Orlando attorney Joseph Percopo (see here and here). But nothing quite beats an insider’s view on new legislation from the person primarily…
As reported in A jury rules a handwritten will found under Aretha Franklin’s couch cushion is valid:
A jury in Michigan has ruled that a [2014] note handwritten by the late soul singer Aretha Franklin is valid as her…
Heirs property generally refers to family-owned property inherited by multiple generations without formal legal proceedings, resulting in a lack of clear title proving ownership. As explained in a 2018 Florida Bar Journal article entitled The Disproportionate Impact of Heirs Property…
F.S. 46.021 tells us that “[n]o cause of action dies with the person. All causes of action survive and may be commenced, prosecuted, and defended [against the decedent’s estate].” However, how you go about prosecuting a case — and the length…
Oral (nuncupative) wills and un-witnessed handwritten (holographic) wills aren’t valid in Florida under any circumstances, no matter how strong the evidence is that they’re otherwise legitimate.
On the other hand, if a handwritten will’s properly witnessed…
Article X, section 4(c) of the Florida Constitution consists of two operative sentences, each of which deals with a totally distinct facet of Florida homestead law. The first governs restrictions on the devise of homestead property, which is an issue…