Probate

PROBATE

• Mandatory v. Precatory (Bar Bulletin 9/12)
• Temporary Injunctions In Probate (Bar Bulletin 12/12)
• Ademption
• Ascertainable Creditors
• Jurisdiction Fiduciaries & Beneficiaries
• Restraint on Marriage
• Who Is An Interested Person In Probate (Bar Bulletin 6/08)
• Non-Statutory Grounds For Objecting To The Appointment Of A Personal Representative (Bar Bulletin 7/08)
• Do I Have To File A Claim? (Bar Bulletin 9/08)
• Rebutting The Presumption Of Intentional Revocation Of A Lost Will (Bar Bulletin 12/08)
• Attorney’s Fees For Rendering Services To An Estate (Bar Bulletin 1/09)
• When Can Trust Assets Be Used To Pay Estate Expenses And Obligations (Bar Bulletin 2/09)
• PR’s Duty To Recover Pre-Death Transfers From Joint Accounts (Bar Bulletin 3/09)
• Does Florida Rule Of Civil Procedure 1.525 Apply To Probate Proceedings? (Bar Bulletin ’09)
• Can A Personal Representative Take Possession Of Protected Homestead Property? (Bar Bulletin ’09)
• Personal Service Agreements With Decedent (Bar Bulletin ’09)
• A Trial Court May Award Attorney’s Fees And Costs To Be Paid From The Estate Against A Beneficiary’s Portion Of The Estate Only For Bad Faith, Wrongdoing, Or Frivolous Litigation (Bar Bulletin 12/09)
• Personal Jurisdiction – Service By Formal Notice Or Summons? (Bar Bulletin 1/10)
• The Decanter Side-Step. A Primer On Powers Of Appointment (Bar Bulletin 2/10)
• Effective Use Of Appointment To Cure An Otherwise Invalid Testamentary Disposition (The Jewish Clause) (Bar Bulletin 3/10)
• Proper Attestation Of A Will (Bar Bulletin 5/10)
• So You Want to Contest A Will? A Simple Roadmap Through the Litigation Maze
• Statute Of Limitations On Objection To The Qualifications Of A Personal Representative (Bar Bulletin 11/11)
• Failure To Include A Residuary Clause In Your Client’s Will May Result In Partial Intestacy (Bar Bulletin 12/11)
• Don’t Delay In Requesting A Family Allowance (Bar Bulletin 4/12)
• Admissible Testimony In Will Construction Disputes (Bar Bulletin 2/11)
• Construction Proceedings: When Is Extrinsic Evidence Admissible? (Bar Bulletin 11/12)
• Exculpating A Trustee From Liability (Bar Bulletin 1/13)
• Personal Representative’s Duty Of Impartiality (Bar Bulletin 5/13)
• Tortious Interference With An Expectancy In Probate & Trust Proceedings (Bar Bulletin 6/13)
• Defenses To A Claim For Tortious Interference With An Expectancy In Probate & Trust Proceedings (Bar Bulletin 8/13)
• Renounce/Divest Bequest – A Prerequisite To Challenging The Validity Of A Will (Bar Bulletin 9/13)
• Restraint On Marriage (Bar Bulletin 11/13)
• Jurisdiction Over Fiduciaries And Beneficiaries In Trusts And Estates (Bar Bulletin 1/14)
• Ademption? Just Follow The Bread Crumbs (Bar Bulletin 2/14)
• Who Is A Reasonably Ascertainable Creditor? (Bar Bulletin 3/14)
• Don’t Waive The Arbitration Clause In Your Will Or Trust (Bar Bulletin 5/14)
• Extension Of Time To File A Late Claim (Bar Bulletin 4/14)
• Successor Personal Representative May Sue His Predecessor’s Attorney For Malpractice (Bar Bulletin 8/14)
• When Does A Devise Vest? (Bar Bulletin 9/14)
• Amendments to §§733.107 & 736.0207, F.S. (effective July 1, 2014) (Bar Bulletin 10/14)
• Surcharge (Bar Bulletin 8/15)
• Nanny Cams, Recordings, and Other Evidentiary Problems under Florida’s Security of Communications; Surveillance Act  (Bar Bulletin 9/15)
• Disgorgement Of Attorney’s Fees – Personal Jurisdiction Over Counsel Is Required (Bar Bulletin 10/15)
• Resolution Of The Statute Of Limitations On A Claim Of A Known Or Reasonably Ascertainable Creditor Who Is Not Served With The Notice To Creditors (Bar Bulletin 12/15)
• Holy Revival! Reviving The Decedent’s Former Will (Bar Bulletin 2/16)
• Indispensible Parties To An Action To Set Aside Inter Vivos Transfers (Bar Bulletin 5/16)
• Assessing Attorney’s Fees and Costs against a Beneficiary’s Interest (Bar Bulletin 6/16)
• The Art Of Dying (Bar Bulletin 8/16)
• The Florida Fiduciary Access To Digital Assets Act (Chapter 740) (Bar Bulletin 10/16)
• Removing Your Health Care Surrogate (Bar Bulletin 12/16)
• Are You Worth More Dead Or Alive? (Bar Bulletin 1/17)
• Death During Litigation. Procedural Impediments to Continuing the Lawsuit. (Bar Bulletin 2/17)
• The Situs Rule – Litigation Roulette (Bar Bulletin 4/17)
• Will The Real Party In Interest Please Stand Up? (Bar Bulletin 5/17)
• Equitable Liens On Homestead Property (Bar Bulletin 6/17)
• Deposing Opposing Counsel (Bar Bulletin 2/18)
• Application Of The Delayed Discovery Doctrine To Undue Influence Claims (Bar Bulletin 3/18)
• Injunction For Protection Against Exploitation (Bar Bulletin 4/18)
• Substitution Upon Death – Who, What, When, Where, And How. (Bar Bulletin 5/18)
• The Battle Over MGM Mogul Kirk Kerkorian’s $2 Billion Estate – Does A Personal Representative Have Standing To Challenge The Surviving Spouse’s Claim As An Omitted Spouse? (Bar Bulletin 6/18)
• In Florida, Does A Personal Representative Have Standing To Challenge The Surviving Spouse’s Claim As An Omitted Spouse? (Bar Bulletin 7/18)
• Contesting The Validity Of The Will Prior To Its Admission To Probate (Bar Bulletin 8/18)
• Court Ordered Alternate Fiduciaries (Bar Bulletin 9/18)
• Proper Execution of a Will (Bar Bulletin 2/19)
• Collateral Estoppel – Trap For The Unwary! (Bar Bulletin 5/19)
• Can You Take Your Property With You When You Die? (Bar Bulletin 6/19)
• The Elimination of Rule1.525 From Contested Probate & Guardianships Proceedings – Back To The Age Of Uncertainty (Bar Bulletin 8/19)
• I May Be Insane, But I’m Not Incapacitated! (Bar Bulletin 10/20)
• What Property Can Be Distributed Under A Separate Writing (Bar Bulletin 11/20)
• Disputes Over Disposition Of Decedent’s Remains (Bar Bulletin 1/21)
• Probate Court’s Retention Of Jurisdiction Over Disputed Claims (Bar Bulletin 2/21)
• Reviving A Void Testamentary Devise Through Incorporation By Reference (Bar Bulletin 3/21)
• Demystifying Formal Notice (Bar Bulletin 5/21)
• Validity of Contracts to Devise Property Upon Death (Bar Bulletin 6/21)
• Safe Deposit Boxes – Are They Safe? (Bar Bulletin 7/21)
• Relation Back of Personal Representative’s Powers (Bar Bulletin 8/21)
• Reviving a Void Testamentary Devise Through Incorporation by Reference (Bar Bulletin 9/21)
• What Rights Survive/Terminate at Death? (Bar Bulletin 10/21)
• Amendments to §§733.6171 and 736.107, F.S. (Eff. 10/1/21) (Bar Bulletin 11/21)
• Beneficiary’s Standing to Sue Third Parties (Bar Bulletin 2/22)
• Abandonment Of Homestead From An Elder Law Perspective (Bar Bulletin 3/22)
• Can You Amend a Statement of Claim Outside the Claims Period? (Bar Bulletin 4/22)
• Necessity Of Pleading Entitlement To Attorney’s Fees Under §733.106(3), F.S.  (Bar Bulletin 11/22)
• What’s in a Name (Bar Bulletin 1/23)
• Reopening An Estate – It’s Not As Easy As You Think (Bar Bulletin 9/23)
• Service By And On Pro Se Litigants (Rule 2.516) (Bar Bulletin 11/24)
• Griefbots – Digitally Immortal Decedents (Bar Bulletin 10/25)