Probate & Trust Administration

Though Thanksgiving is in the rear-view window, we still have much to be thankful for, including children, loving spouses, good jobs, comfortable homes, wonderful weather here in Brevard County and so on. One of the things that people are grateful for at this time of...

Regular readers of our Brevard County legal blog will undoubtedly recall that in a previous post we shared information about the Godfather of Soul. Twelve years after James Brown's death, his estate is yet to be settled, Forbes reports.As we mentioned last time, there...

No singer had more soul, funk or fire in front of an audience than James Brown. When he died on Christmas day 2006, the world lost one of the 20th century's most influential figures in arts and entertainment.The day of his death was also the beginning of a series of...

In her storied career, the Queen of Soul had gold and platinum records galore, a priceless talent and the enduring love of millions of devoted fans. However, Aretha Franklin did not have a will or trust when she died of pancreatic cancer a few days ago.The intensely...

You want the best for your children, of course, so you would like for them to avoid legal complications when you're gone. So you've hit upon a way for them to avoid Florida probate on your estate and dodge its time-consuming complications - or so you might believe.The...

The story of a father and son winds though life and death, from Florida to New Hampshire, and from freedom to prison. Both the father and son lived in both states at times before the older man's death in 2010. The 53-year-old son currently lives about 100 miles north...

The scene is all too familiar. A loved one has died, but attention from that sad event is diverted by irregularities in probate. The will is different than described or it is not as it should be.Here in Florida, it is possible with the help of an experienced attorney...

Anthony Bourdain's untimely death shocked his fans and the world at large. The famous chef, author and travel documentarian made news again a few days ago when his will was probated.Tabloids and gossips went into a frenzy when it was revealed that Bourdain was worth...

A Florida lawyer who writes an advice column for a Treasure Coast newspaper wrote recently that people know that they want to avoid probate, but they are not sure why. He noted that probate likely doesn’t sound difficult at first, but that it can a time-consuming,...

A little more than two months ago, Florida and the nation were shocked and saddened by the senseless murders of 17 people in a shooting at a Parkland high school. The shooter's public defender recently said in a hearing that Nikolas Cruz could be worth hundreds of...