Knowing when to say “no” is one of the most difficult — and essential — skill sets any of us ever develops as a lawyer.
“Should I take on this
Florida is a magnet for people and foreign capital. Last year alone international home buyers poured $15.6 billion into our state’s economy. Florida’s also the first choice for relocating retirees within
In civil-law jurisdictions (like Haiti) wills are prepared under the supervision of a notary acting in a quasi-judicial capacity that has no counterpart in common-law jurisdictions (like Florida). We refer
As long as we’ve had probate courts, people have been trying to figure out how to avoid them. In common-law jurisdictions like Florida, the most common technique is to use
One of the most famous sentences in literature is the opening of Leo Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own
Under F.S. 732.502(2), oral (nuncupative) wills and unwitnessed self-written (holographic) wills aren’t valid in Florida under any circumstances, no matter how strong the evidence is that
Celebrities are great for the trusts and estates field. They focus popular attention by bringing to life in dramatic fashion the abstract principles T&E lawyers deal with every day. The
The statue at the heart of the Figel case is F.S. 518.11, Florida’s version of the Uniform Prudent Investor Act or “UPIA.” The UPIA’s primary purpose is to empower
Big firms have been shedding their trusts and estates practice groups for decades. But those that still have them apparently populate them with the most interesting lawyers at the
Conflicts between current beneficiaries of a trust that want to maximize current income distributions and remainder beneficiaries of a trust that want to maximize their remainder interest are at the