As an estate planning lawyer, I sometimes have a client ask whether they are entitled to inherit from their spouse. In other words, can their spouse cut them out of an inheritance? For the most part, the answer is that one spouse cannot be "written out" altogether...
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Month: December 2017
Contesting a Will or Trust as a Result of Undue Influence in Florida
In Florida, a Last Will & Testament or a Trust can be contested for a number of reasons, including fraud, duress and undue influence. In the case of undue influence, if a substantial beneficiary under a Will or Trust occupies a confidential relationship with the...
What is a “Pour-Over” Will?
Many times clients who have a Living Trust ask whether they also should also have a Last Will & Testament. After all, doesn't the Trust do essentially everything without needing the Will? Most experienced estate planning lawyers would agree that the answer is a...