Stokes McMillan Maracini & Antúnez is much more than a conventional "trusts and estates" law firm. We offer clients individually tailored tax and personal advice that enhances their ability to transfer wealth to future generations while avoiding unnecessary taxes and family acrimony. We also have extensive experience representing individuals, banks and trust companies who are acting as trustees or personal representatives of Florida estates, in both general administrative matters and litigated or contested matters.
Trusts & Estates in the News
- 4th DCA: Failure to plead claim for attorney's fees = waiver of claim Wintter & Associates, P.A. v. Kanowsky, --- So.2d ----, 2008 WL 4643358 (Fla. 4th DCA Oct 22, 2008) If all you're asking a probate court to do is exercise its in rem jurisdiction over the assets ....
- 3d DCA: Why knowing the difference between in rem and personal jurisdiction matters in probate proceedings Brindle v. Brindle, --- So.2d ----, 2008 WL 4722746 (Fla. 3d DCA Oct 29, 2008) Sometimes it pays to step back and review the basics, like the difference between in rem jurisdiction and in personam ....
- Trial begins in multimillion dollar estate-planning malpractice claim against Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe As a matter of law, an ethics violation isn't the same as committing malpractice, but as a practical matter, the two are almost always interconnected. For me, the significance of this fact is that ....
- 4th DCA: If you're the successor trustee of a revocable trust whose settlor is alive but mentally incapacitated, do you owe any duties to the remainder beneficiaries? Brundage v. Bank of America, Trustee, --- So.2d ----, 2008 WL 4722970 (Fla. 4th DCA Oct 29, 2008) Incapacitated Settlor of Revocable Trust Florida's Trust Code is clear, while a trust is revocable, ....
- 2d DCA: Does Civ Pro Rule 1.525 (Motions for Costs and Attorneys' Fees) apply to trust proceedings? Donkersloot v. Donkersloot, --- So.2d ----, 2008 WL 4647415 (Fla. 2d DCA Oct 22, 2008) Civil Procedure Rule 1.525 governs the mechanics of attorney's fee motions in general commercial ....