• Business Litigation
• Estate Planning
• Guardianship Administration and Litigation
• Litigation relating to Breach of Fiduciary Duties
• Elder law
• Probate and Estate Administration
• Probate and Trust Litigation
• Trust Administration
• Tax planning, audits and litigation

Estate Planning

• Power of Attorney in Florida: Legal Acts Your Agent May Perform
• Avoid Florida Estate Planning Mistakes: Protect Your True Beneficiaries
• How to Avoid Florida 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
• History of Codicil on a Will in Florida

Guardianship Administration and Litigation

• The Estate of Huguette Clark appears headed for litigation

Litigation relating to Breach of Fiduciary Duties

• Elderly couple loses everything through misuse of a durable power of attorney.

Probate and Estate 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.

Probate and Trust Litigation

• Surviving spouses sould 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• A Will can be rescinded if testator executed it based on irrational belief
• Formal Notice in Probate Requires Informed Response
• Common Signs of Undue Influence
• Adversarial Probate Proceedings

General

• But should I choose an attorney off the internet?

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• Posted on 1/27/2012Florida Estate Planning: Federal Tax Laws Revised for 2012
• Posted on 1/26/2012Leaving a Stretched Florida IRA to a Beneficiary
• Posted on 1/25/2012When a Loved One Dies and Leaves You with Debt in Florida

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• Estate Planning
• Guardianship Administration and Litigation
• Litigation relating to Breach of Fiduciary Duties
• Probate and Estate Administration
• General

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Estate Planning:

• Attorney Linde discusses some reasons why trusts are frequently oversold.

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 capacity

Litigation relating to Breach of Fiduciary Duties:

• Basic issues to consider with the durable power of attorney.

Probate and Trust Litigation:

• Video of Matthew A. Linde discussing undue influence case with Lee A. Linde from 1994.

General:

• Introduction

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Business Litigation

• What is a contract, and what are the essential elements of a contract?
• What is business litigation?

Estate Planning

• What are the advantages of including a trust as part of my Florida estate planning?
• How important is identifying my assets in the course of estate planning in Florida?
• Why should I assign power of attorney as part of my Florida estate planning?

Guardianship Administration and Litigation

• What is an emergency temporary guardianship, and how long does it take to establish one?
• We have a minor child who is going to receive $50,000.00 from his great grandmothers trust. We have heard that there are other options to setting up a guardianship of the property for our minor child. What are the other options?
• What does a guardianship cost and who pays for it?

Elder law

• If my husband died with debt, but I, his spouse, did not personally incur the debt, am I liable for the debt?
• I have seen several attorneys state that they practice "elder law." What doesan attorney who practices "elder law" actually do?

Probate and Estate Administration

• Who supervises the administration of probate in Florida?
• Why does a personal representative in a Florida probate case need an attorney?
• In regards to a Florida probate case, who can be a personal representative?

Probate and Trust Litigation

• 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?

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