Estate and Succession Planning
Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…
Legal Fees and the Elective Share
Recently, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals held that legal fees incurred by the personal representatives of an estate to defend claims against the estate are not chargeable against the elective share. In Blackburn v. Boulis, the personal representatives incurred attorneys’ fees as a result of “years of contentious litigation in probate court.” The probate…
Read More