A frequently employed estate planning instrument is the Living Trust or Revocable Trust. Such a Trust can minimize or avoid probate altogether. In order to be effective, the Trust should be funded, i.e. assets should be transferred into it.  Clients establishing...

Timing can mean everything in probate--including when to challenge a person being appointed as Personal Representative of an estate. As with objecting to a Will, Florida law provides a mechanism for any interested person (beneficiary, creditors, etc.) to be put on a...