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Practice Areas
- Appeals of probate, guardianship and trust issues
- Business/corporate administration and litigation
- Elder law
- ERISA retirement plan beneficiary litigation
- Estate & disability planning
- Estate tax (Form 706) returns
- Federal trust and estate tax planning, audits and litigation
- Fiduciary litigation
- Incapacity and guardianship administration and litigation
- Probate and estate administration
- Probate litigation and will contests
- Revocable and irrevocable trust administration
- Trust and estate federal income (Form 1041) tax returns
- Trust contests and trust litigation
Blog 
Appeals of probate, guardianship and trust issues
Elder law
Estate & disability planning
- Do you need to revise the trust formula in your revocable trust?
- Power of Attorney in Florida: Legal Acts Your Agent May Perform
- Avoid Florida Estate Planning Mistakes: Protect Your True Beneficiaries
- How to Avoid Fort Myers and Cape Coral Estate Planning Mistakes
- With Living Trusts, You Still Need a Will in Florida
- 4 Reasons To Get an Advance Directive in Florida
- Questions to Ask Estate Planning Attorneys in Fort Myers, Florida
- How Living Trusts Help You Avoid Probate in Florida
- The Advance Directive in Florida: 5 Things You Should Know
- What You Should Know About Florida Homestead Laws
Estate tax (Form 706) returns
Federal trust and estate tax planning, audits and litigation
Probate and estate administration
Probate litigation and will contests
- If you live in Florida, who has access to your will if you die?
- State trial court cannot take action against personal representative, guardian or trustee without giving the fiduciary notice and an opportunity to be heard.
- Yes you can prosecute and win an undue influence case without the presumption of undue influence.
- Surviving spouses should not be tricked into paying for their deceased spouses debt
- New weapon to set aside a Florida will during contest
- This will contest demonstrates that it is critically important to have a qualified, experienced attorney prepare an estate plan to avoid endless litigation.
- The court has authority to sanction meritless claims in probate disputes.
- The lawyer made a mistake drafting the will and dad signed it, and now dad has died! (Part 1)
- What does it mean that the person executing the will lacked capacity?
- A Will can be rescinded if testator executed it based on irrational belief
Revocable and irrevocable trust administration
- Probate in Florida: The Time it Takes to Settle a Case
- Probate in Florida: Common Probate Assets
- Florida Estate Planning: Online Accounts and Passwords
- Florida Letters of Administration When a Brokerage Firm is Involved
- When You May Need Letters of Administration in Florida
- Probate in Florida: Why the IRS is Involved
- Probate in Florida: 10 Parties Involved in the Process
- Noticing creditors is a big part of the probate process
- Second District Court of Appeals rules that joint tenancy property is not automatically converted to decedent's homestead because decedent had minor children.
Trust and estate federal income (Form 1041) tax returns
- A beneficiary should file an estate income tax return if the estate has losses in the year the estate terminates.
- The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 provides no relief to trust and estate income taxes
General
News
- Posted on 1/27/2013IRS Announces 2013 annual gift tax exclusion
- Posted on 1/24/2013Matthew A. Linde celebrates 10 years providing legal services in South West Florida.
- Posted on 9/21/2012Matthew A. Linde is admitted to the United States Tax Court
- Posted on 6/9/2012Matthew A. Linde, P.A. displays actual trial brief (sanitized of course) from a 2012 trial on undue influence.
- Posted on 1/31/2012Consider a Florida Trust or LLC When Leaving a Vacation Home to Heirs
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What is Matthew A. Linde, P.A.?
Matthew A. Linde, P.A. (the corporation) 
is a profit corporation organized and operated under Florida law. The Director and President of the corporation is Matthew A. Linde. Thus, the name of the corporation is the same as the name of the President and Director. People often ask what does the PA stand for? PA stands for professional association. Rule 4-8.6 of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar allows attorneys to practice law through professional service corporations. Pursuant to Florida statute 612.12(2) a professional service corporation shall also contain the name P.A.
The number of attorneys in the corporation has changed between one and three attorneys. Currently, the corporation has one attorney and four non-attorney support staff. If you contact us the person that you are most likely to come in contact with is Tiffany Salamida. 
She is my incredibly gifted receptionist. She is in that position because she really cares about people and I am very blessed to have her work for me. Another person that you are likely to speak with is Rissa Arias. She has been with the corporation since 2004 and is my office manager. She is also very gifted and genuinely cares about people. She also keeps my books and answers initial questions about monthly bills that are sent out.
Mission Statement:
Matthew A. Linde, P.A. (the "Firm') relentlessly pursues perfection in the passionate and ethical practice of law. The Firm relentlessly pursues perfection. There is no finish line in the relentless pursuit of perfection. The Firm does not believe that it will ever attain perfection, but through the relentless pursuant of perfection in the passionate and ethical practice of law, the Firm believes that it will be judged by others to have obtained excellence. **
**This is taken and modified from a speech that Vince Lombardi first gave to the Green Bay Packers in 1959 when he took over as head coach. In the year before Vince Lombardi took over as head coach, the Packers had one (1) win and eleven (11) losses and were in danger of losing their franchise in the National Football League. Over the next nine years, the Packers never had a losing season and won five NFL championships including the first two Super Bowls. Three months after Vince Lombardi’s death in 1970, the Super Bowl trophy was renamed the Vince Lombardi Trophy. In part, this mission statement is a tribute to his professionalism, his relentless pursuit of Biblical ethics and Christian sanctification in his daily life, and the excellence he did obtain in his chosen field.
Contact Information
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Matthew A. Linde, P.A.
12693 New Brittany Blvd.
Fort Myers, FL 33907
Phone: 239.939.7100
Fax: 239.939.7104
Toll Free: 888.643.6514
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Videos
Estate & disability planning:
Matthew A. Linde discusses basic issues you should consider when deciding whether to sign a durable power of attorney.
Attorney Linde discusses some reasons why trusts are frequently oversold.
Incapacity and guardianship administration and litigation:
Attorney Linde discusses issues you should consider when deciding whether to petition the Circuit court to determine if someone lacks mental capacityProbate litigation and will contests:
Video of Matthew A. Linde discussing undue influence case with Lee A. Linde from 1994.General:
IntroductionFAQs
Estate & disability planning
- Many Fort Myers residents have asked, under Florida law, what is a revocable trust?
- I live in Fort Myers. I want to do some estate planning. How do I create a trust?
- What are the advantages of a trust as part of my Fort Myers, Florida estate plan?
Estate tax (Form 706) returns
- I live in Fort Myers, and my father died with a large estate, what is a Form 706?
- What is the maximum gift I can make in 2013 without paying any gift tax?
Federal trust and estate tax planning, audits and litigation
Incapacity and guardianship administration and litigation
- In Fort Myers, Cape Coral or Naples, what is an emergency temporary guardianship?
- We have a minor child in Fort Myers who is going to receive $50,000.00. What do we do?
- My dad in Cape Coral needs help. What does a guardianship cost and who pays for it?
Probate and estate administration
- We live in Fort Myers. What is probate administration? Do we need a lawyer?
- My dad just died in Naples, when a summary proceeding not a good probate option?
- My mom just died in Cape Coral, what are the 2 types of probate in Florida?
Probate litigation and will contests
- In a will contest, will challenge, will dispute or lawsuit to set aside a will because the will was procured by undue influence, how do the courts interpret the term "active procurement?"
- Are there any limitations that govern when I can attempt to remove a personal representative?
- Why can't I just tell the judge what happened and get this lawsuit over with?
Revocable and irrevocable trust administration
- What is a reasonable trustee fee?
- My husband dies without a will, and he has children of a prior marriage. Do I have to take any action to obtain an interest in his house?
- Who supervises the administration of probate in Cape Coral or Fort Myers?