Congratulations to Brian Spiro and Anya Van Veen on obtaining a summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in an inheritance dispute. The action centered on the interpleader of the death benefit for a Decedent’s life insurance policy where competing claims were submitted…
Category: Estate Litigation
There are three separate aspects of homestead protections under Florida law. These include: asset protection, reduction(s) in property taxes, and safeguards for the surviving spouse and/or minor children of the deceased owner of a Florida homestead. Homestead: Asset Protection Homestead property—defined as one-half acre if located within a municipality, or…
Whenever there are disputes surrounding the distribution or administration of a deceased person’s trust assets, trust litigation may be inevitable. Trust litigation involves challenging the trust itself, or a dispute interpreting the trust’s terms in a similar way that probate litigation involves challenging a will or interpreting the terms of…
Comiter Singer, is thrilled to announce associates, Brian M. Spiro, Antonio P. Romano & Christopher C. Weeg, graduated from the Florida Fellows Institute of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). The Florida Fellows Institute was created by ACTEC Fellows to develop the profession’s future leaders in trust and estate…
In Florida, the hearsay rule does not bar the contents of, and most testimony about, a decedent’s will or trust. The Florida “hearsay rule does not bar the testimony of the plaintiffs regarding (1) the fact that the decedent had executed a will and (2) the contents of the will.”…
