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Annual Client Meeting Recap

May 2, 2018Jeffrey A. Cramer Areas of Practice, Clients, Estate Planning, Trusts digital assets, Estate Beneficiaries, Estate Planning Attorney, Florida estate planning lawyer, inheritance, Jacksonville trust lawyer, Last Will, Life Legacy Families

One of the cornerstones of our mission to create estate plans “that work” is our annual client meeting. Every spring client members of our LifeLegacy program gather to hear updates on the practice, learn about legislative and other legal changes of the past year, socialize, and discuss topics of vital importance to their estate planning. This year over 40 clients participated in one of our liveliest discussions ever.

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Oh! Those Dangerous Instrumentalities: The Estate Owned Automobile

November 7, 2017Jeffrey A. Cramer Areas of Practice, Estate Owned Automobiles, Estate Planning, General Law, Probate, Probate Estate Car Accident, Estate Owned Automobile, Estate Planning Attorney, inheritance, Jacksonville probate attorney, personal representative, probate estate
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One of our first admonitions to clients seeking to become appointed personal representative of a decedent’s estate and is to secure all automobiles and not let anyone drive them.  Under Florida’s Dangerous Instrumentality Doctrine, the estate can be held vicariously liable if someone drives the car and injures others in an accident.  Once a person has been appointed personal representative and the probate case opened, the personal representative has personal responsibility for those automobiles.

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Adoption Series Part Six: When does a trust beneficiary have legal standing to challenge an adoption?

April 25, 2017Jeffrey A. Cramer Estate Planning, General Law, Probate, Trusts, Wills Adoption, Estate Planning, Estate Planning Attorney, estate planning lawyer, Florida trust lawyer, inheritance, Last Will, trust, trustee

For some reason, Florida has had more than its fair share of interesting adoption questions. Remember the man that tried to adopt his girlfriend!  (Adoption Series Part 2, June 13, 2014.  Other prior blogs on adoption include:  How does an adopted person inherit? (Adult Adoption Series Part 1, May 30, 2014), Part 3(August 22, 2014), “Virtual” Adoption-No Court Required! (Adoption Series Part 4, September 8, 2014), Can Adoptee Challenge the Legality of Her Own Adoption in Order to Inherit from Her Biological Parent? (Adoption Series Part 5, May 15, 2015).

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Book Review: A Perfectly Good Family

February 14, 2017Jeffrey A. Cramer Areas of Practice, Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts, Wills Estate Planning, Estate Planning Attorney, inheritance, Jacksonville Estate Planning, Jacksonville probate attorney, Last Will, Rivalries, siblings, trust
A Perfectly Good Family

Taking the proverbial busman’s holiday, I recently read the novel “A Perfectly Good Family,” by Lionel Shriver.  The book was about what happens when three siblings inherit the family “mansion” in Raleigh, North Carolina, after the death of their parents.  The father was a “great man” character, a judge and civil rights advocate, the mother was the typical woman behind the man of her era, the oldest son was a rebel and bully, the youngest son was the obedient one who never left home and took care of the mother during her last illness; and the middle daughter (and narrator) shared characteristics of each of her brothers.

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Whose Property is it Anyway?

January 10, 2017Jeffrey A. Cramer Areas of Practice, Estate Planning, General Law, Probate, Trusts, Wills Estate Planning, Estate Planning Attorney, Florida trust lawyer, Florida will lawyer, inheritance, Jacksonville Estate Planning, Jacksonville probate attorney, Jeweler, Jewelry, Jointly Owned Property, Probate, probate attorney, Rolex Watches
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Here is a new twist to follow our recent series titled “Possession is Nine-Tenths of the Law, Part 1”, “Possession is Nine-Tenths of the Law, Part 2”, and “Possession is Nine-Tenths of the Law, Part 3”. A case illustrating the difficulties in determining jointly owned versus individually property is the Connell case. In that case, the decedent was an elderly retired jeweler who liked expensive jewelry. While shopping with his wife, (a woman he married only eleven (11) months prior to his death), Mr. Connell bought a $60,000.00 men’s Rolex watch and a $20,000.00 men’s diamond ring. On both occasions he used funds from a checking account titled jointly with his wife; his wife knew of these purchases and did not object. Mr. Connell wore the watch and ring every day. Shortly before his death, he was hospitalized and gave the watch and ring to his wife for safekeeping. She put them in her purse. After Connell’s death, his son/personal representative asked the wife to return the watch and ring. She refused and the lawsuit ensued.

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The Long Arm of Florida’s Code

September 13, 2016Jeffrey A. Cramer Areas of Practice, Estate Planning, Living Will, Trusts, Wills Beneficiaries, Beneficiaries of Trusts, Estate Planning, Estate Planning Attorney, Florida Estate Plannning, inheritance, Jacksonville Estate Planning, revocable living trust, trust, trustee, Trusts
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In 2013 the Florida Legislature enacted Fl. Stat. 736.202 to clarify when Florida courts have jurisdiction to hear disputes involving trusts. Lawyers refer to this type of statute as establishing “long arm” jurisdiction. The reason will become apparent.

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Oh No She Didn’t! The Lengths Some Will Go to in Order to Inherit an Estate

August 20, 2015August 24, 2015Jeffrey A. Cramer Estate Planning, Newsletter children, Estate Planning, Florida Estate Plannning, Florida law, inherit, inheritance
Jail Cell Estate Inheritance Case

A Lifetime Television-style drama is currently playing out in Florida Court.

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Adoption Series Part 5: Can an Adoptee Challenge the Legality of Her Own Adoption in Order to Inherit from Her Biological Parent?

May 15, 2015Jeffrey A. Cramer Estate Planning, Newsletter Adoptee, Adoption, children, Estate Planning, inheritance
Father and Daughter

Adding to the unusual cases profiled in our Adoption Series (see here, here, here, and here), a Florida court recently decided whether an adopted daughter’s attempt to invalidate her own adoption, so that she could inherit her biological father’s estate as his lineal heir, had any legal merit.

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GIVE THANKS NOW AND LATER BY LEAVING A LEGACY

November 28, 2014November 28, 2014Jeffrey A. Cramer Estate Planning, Newsletter, Trusts, Wills Estate Planning, inheritance, legacy, Trusts, Wills
Estate Planning Legacy

It's that time of year again: The holiday season is in full swing. Hopefully you are planning to spend some time with those you hold most dear. As you prepare your home or pack your bags, we encourage you to consider not only what and who you are most thankful for, but whether you have expressed your gratitude in a meaningful and lasting way.

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ADOPTION SERIES-PART 4: “VIRTUAL” ADOPTION-NO COURT REQUIRED!

September 8, 2014Jeffrey A. Cramer Estate Planning, Newsletter Adoptee, Adoption, Estate Planning, inheritance, Virtual Adoption

Did you know that, in Florida, you can adopt someone without ever going to court and making it official?  For the finale of our Adoption Series (click to read part one, two, or three), we will highlight an unusual way that people sometimes inherit from their non-biological “parents.”

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