Trustee refuses to talk with me, divulge contents of trust. I have seen the trust in the past & want to know my rights, Florida

Is the trust being administered under Florida Law? If so, I would retain a Florida attorney who specializes in Trusts and Estates to represent your...

Protecting my daughters

You need to meet with a Florida Estate Planning Attorney to discuss setting up either a living trust or a will with a testamentary trust. In the...

I am PR for my father's estate. Do I have to request protection of the homestead?

It is essential to your duties as PR to protect the assets and to act in the best interest of the estate and it's beneficiaries. If you get the...

It sounds like trust with some specific language regarding distributions is in order. I would advise you to contact a Florida estate-planning...

A caregiver driving my mothers van around, with a suspended license?

I hate hearing stories like this, and I understand how you must feel knowing how this person mistreated your mother and got away with it....

Probate and wrongful death claim

Who is the Plaintiff in the wrongful death claim? If it is the estate of the decedent, then the proceeds would be payable to the estate, and...

Can dauthter in law contest a will in the state of West Virginia?

If the decedent was a resident of Florida at the time of death, the Will would be probated here, and any objections would have to be made in the...

Can a person being a personal rep in probate [ no wiill ] have someone else helping him.

In Florida, a convicted felon is not qualified to serve as personal representative of a probate estate. An interested person in the probate could...

My husband is in middle of settling on several civil suits against him. Is there any way to protect our assets?

It depends. If you start transferring assets now, it could be seen as a fraudulent transfer in avoidance of creditors and your husband's creditors...

Does a convicted felon in Florida get to decide who will represent the estate for him?

Is there a Will? If the father left a Will naming an alternate personal representative, that person would have priority to serve over anyone else...