Monthly Archives: October 2024
Spousal Estrangement Makes Probate a Mess
In addition to being home to a vast array of terrifying reptile species, native and introduced, Florida is also the site of epic divorce battles. Real estate tycoon divorces seem to be the worst. Who can forget Burt and Lovey Handelsman, who spent 50 years in wedded bliss, buying up prime real estate in… Read More »
Maybe Revocable Trusts Are Not for Everyone
You know you are old if you have a bee in your bonnet about the 2012 film version of The Lorax. Just looking at the title character’s CGI animated fur makes you itch, and the book’s original rhymes get drawn out into over an hour of unrhymed, mostly pointless dialogue. The 1972 animated TV… Read More »
The Slayer Statute and Florida Probate Law
“The Slayer Statute” sounds like it should be the name of a big budget Hollywood movie from the pre-Netflix days, when people would spend Saturday nights in the movie theater with a huge, overpriced bucket of popcorn. Despite its catchy name, it is a real law that attempts to serve the aims of justice… Read More »
