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answered on May 2, 2013
Typically jointly held property by a Husband and Wife is considered TBE or Tenants by the entireties. As such the property automatically passes to the spouse when one dies without the need for a deed change or probate. If you sell the property a death certificate will be needed.
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answered on May 2, 2013
A PR can be related by blood, or the spouse of certain family members or an instate resident. If you are not related or married to someone who is related and live out of Florida, you cannot be a PR in a Florida Probate case
If she refuses how should i file a suit?
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answered on Jan 31, 2012
More information is needed to determine what rights you have. Your partner may not be able to live at the address because of a court order, but that may not change their rights to ownership which contained in the language in the deed. You should contact a lawyer in your area that deals with... View More 
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answered on Jan 31, 2012
Most likely she can. More would have to be know about how your mother owns and who she owns the property with. There are several ways to do this including using a revocable trust, joint tenancy deed, enhanced life estate deed among others. Which makes the most sense depends on the specifics of... View More
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answered on Nov 3, 2011
As long as you comply with the statute of wills, a will created by an individual should be honored by the court. There are many issues to be concerned about.
1) does the will do what you think it does.
2) was the document executed properly.
3) are you competent under the law... View More
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answered on Nov 3, 2011
While a will is suppose to be recorded within 10 days of death, there is actually no penalty for not doing so unless someone complains about it and you fail to record it. In Florida you cannot record a will before death like some states allow. The person who is responsible for recording the will... View More
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answered on Feb 10, 2011
not more than 60 days in prison and not more than $500 in fines
I need to know which court location I have to go to to obtain a copy of a guardianship file. also if I We are not a party to the guardianship case do we need a cort order to get a copy of the file. The person involved in the case is an alleged victim of a crime. I work for a lawyer who... View More
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answered on Feb 10, 2011
It depends on what part of the file you want to look at. Each guardianship case has some items which are confidential. Your lawyer should be able to obtain a copy for you
I have equal power of attorney along with my sister in my mother's Will which was changed in 1997. My mother trusting my sister was doing right was coerced into signing a highly engineered Will which is dramatically different than the one my mother made out herself in 1994. My sister in... View More
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answered on Feb 10, 2011
The situation you describe is similar to one we run across on a regular basis. It is hard to say whether you have grounds for a lawsuit without reviewing the specific facts, but from what you describe it sounds like you sister has interfered with an expectancy. If this happened, then you might... View More
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answered on Feb 10, 2011
Generally a co-owner or beneficiary designation is payable upon death and a bank typically only requires a death certificate. If their contract states otherwise, they will let you know at that time.
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