by Randy Coleman | Jun 20, 2019 | Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Personal Representative, Probate, Probate Law, Probate Litigation, Will Challenges, Will Contests, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
How do you contest a will where you had a loving relationship with your mother and she always said she would leave everything to you and your siblings. After she died, you discover she had recently written a new will, leaving everything to her housekeeper. Is there...
by Randy Coleman | Apr 29, 2016 | Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Intestacy, No Will, Probate, Probate Law, Probate Litigation, Will Contests, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
The famed recording artist Prince died leaving an unknown fortune and possibly no will or estate plan to dictate what to do with that fortune. Prince’s sister, Tyka Nelson, told the probate court in the Minnesota county where Prince lived that her brother did...
by Randy Coleman | Apr 16, 2015 | Estate Litigation, Trust Litigation, Will Contests, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
Who is responsible for the attorney's fees of the party filing a will contest case?Watch this video on YouTube Attorneys Fees in a Will Contest Case The Florida Probate Code allows the probate judge in a will contest to award attorney’s fees to...
by Randy Coleman | Apr 16, 2015 | Elder Abuse, Estate Litigation, Financial Abuse of the Elderly, Probate, Probate Law, Probate Litigation, Trust Litigation, Will Challenges, Will Contests, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
Saying that there has been “undue influence” is often used as a reason to contest a will or estate plan, but what does it mean? Florida Statues provide the following definition: 732.5165 Effect of fraud, duress, mistake, and undue influence.—A will is void...
by Randy Coleman | Dec 18, 2014 | Discretionary Trusts, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Probate, Probate Litigation, Will Contests, Wills and Probate |
A will or trust contest can derail your final wishes, rapidly deplete your estate, and tear your loved ones apart. Unfortunately, we have the opportunity to observe such contests on a regular basis, and even among families where no one expected there would be any...
by Randy Coleman | Apr 30, 2014 | Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Executor, Personal Representative, Probate, Probate Litigation, Will Contests, Wills and Probate |
ElderlawAnswers.com provides us with information that the Florida Supreme Court rules that money acquired by a woman after executing a form will she obtained from the Internet should be distributed according to the laws of intestacy because the Internet will did not...
