When Are Constructive Trusts Created by Florida Judges?

| June 10, 2014

In Florida, a constructive trust is a legal remedy that judges use to help people who have been harmed in all sorts of situations, including in probate controversies, divorce cases and with business torts like tortious interference with a business relationship. Said another way, constructive trusts are used to thwart a wrongdoer who has taken […]

Can a Trust Be Created By a Florida Judge to Remedy Wrongdoing Related to a Decedent’s Property?

| May 6, 2014

Ask most people what a “trust” is all about, legally-speaking, and they’ll probably describe some form of estate planning tool that goes along with a Last Will and Testament and/or a Life Insurance Policy. This answer isn’t wrong: lawyers draft trust documents all the time, where property is placed into “trust” for loved ones (”beneficiaries”). […]