How Can I Contest a Will?
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How can I contest a Will in Florida? Well, you have to hire a lawyer and you need to have grounds on which to contest the Will. You can’t contest it simply because you don’t like the provisions of it or you’ve been excluded. The primary grounds for contesting a Will is undue influence, or the person who is receiving the bulk of the estate has unduly influenced the person who’s making the Will. The other one is basis is that the person making the Will is incompetent and at the time they executed the Will, which is a very difficult standard to meet. So, you can test it. You need to hire a lawyer, and it’s very expensive. So, if you have any questions, give me a call at (727) 847-2288.
Can a Landlord Change the Terms of a Lease Before Its Renewal?
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Can a landlord change the terms of a lease before it’s renewed? No, a landlord cannot. It’s a contract and both parties are bound by the terms of the lease, so it would take both parties to the lease to change its terms, so the answer is no. If you have any questions, give me a call at (727) 847-2288.
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How Does President Biden’s “American Families Plan” Effect Your Estate Plan?
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How does President Biden’s American family’s plan affect your estate plan? It does not because the American family plan if passed will make the child dependency tax credit permanent. It is a tax credit and therefore will not affect your estate plan. It affects your income taxes. You can call me, although I’m not, don’t give out tax advice. My phone number is (727) 847-2288.
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What is a Probate Dispute Defined As?
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What is a probate dispute defined as? It’s usually a Will contest where someone contests the validity of a Will. It can also involve the payment of creditor’s claims, the inventory, the administration of the estate by the personal representative. So, it is whenever there’s litigation involved as far as the administration of the decedent’s estate. If you have any questions, give me a call at (727) 847-2288.
Is It Hard to Overturn a Will in Florida?
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Is it hard to overturn a Will in Florida? The simple answer is yes. You have two primary grounds for overturning A Will is one is that the person was incompetent at the time they signed the Will. This is a very difficult case to prove since you have to show at the time they signed the Will, they were incompetent, not before or not after, and particularly if it was signed in a lawyer’s office. The lawyer is going to be the primary witness and so that’s very difficult to prove. The other basis for overturning a Will is undue influence where you have to prove that someone unduly influenced or influenced the person who made the Will to make it and exclude you from it or change the provisions of the Will a previous Will. So yes, it is difficult and expensive. If you have any questions, give me a call at (727) 847-2288.