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What Happens When You Get Divorced and Fail to Update Your Last Will and Testament or Estate Planning Documents in Florida

In a Florida Probate proceeding one of the principal guiding aspects of the law is to give meaning and intent to the desires or wishes of the decedent.  Therefore the case law interpreting will provisions in Florida is construed to favor the intent of the decedent where possible.  One challenge that occurs is when a… Continue reading What Happens When You Get Divorced and Fail to Update Your Last Will and Testament or Estate Planning Documents in Florida

What Happens When the Estate Doesn’t Have Enough Assets to Pay Out All the Items in a Will in a Florida Probate? Abatement

Florida probate administration has statutory rules governing what should happen if there are simply not enough assets to pay all the distributions identified in an estate.  These statutory rules are known as the rules of abatement.    These statutory rules will control unless the Last Will and Testament admitted to probate Court in Florida has a… Continue reading What Happens When the Estate Doesn’t Have Enough Assets to Pay Out All the Items in a Will in a Florida Probate? Abatement