Are your actions as attorney for property relevant and therefore discoverable in a will challenge case?
Discovery of an attorney for property’s action in a will contest case
By Jasmine Sweatman •
April 21, 2011
Category: Trustee Disputes
Total 26 Posts
In the case of discretion, absolute is not absolute.
By Corina Weigl •
February 24, 2011
It is trite to say that once a trustee is appointed and accepts the office, s/he becomes subject to the duties and powers of that office. A trustee’s liability, in the event that he is found to have breached his/her duties, or exceeded his/her powers, is personal.
Is Anyone Listening? Costs and Judicial Resources
By Angelique Moss •
February 1, 2011
How is it possible for five parties to incur $4,435,050.18 of costs essentially on a four day hearing? The recipe is one part deafness, and one part unreasonableness.
Legal fees
By Steven Frye •
November 12, 2010
Legal fees to settle an estate are generally not deductible for tax purposes. When do legal fees become tax deductible, if ever?
CAN A FAMILY CAREGIVER BE PAID?
By Audrey Miller •
November 10, 2010
Can A Family Caregiver Be Paid?
Proportionality: Is there a Place for It in the Estates and Trusts World?
By Jasmine Sweatman •
October 5, 2010
Since the paradigm shift about ten years ago in costs in estate litigation such that costs are to now follow the cause rather than being paid out of the estate automatically, proportionality has become the new kid in town.