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Brandon Residents, consider several factors when selecting a lawyer including their experience, expertise, and reputation. AV Rated Attorneys represent a distinguished group of lawyers who have received top ratings from their peers for their exceptional ethical standards and an A grade (4.5 or higher).

Brandon Family Law Center, LLC

4.4
22 Reviews

  • 1038 E. Brandon Blvd., Brandon, FL 33511

  • Law Firm with 3 lawyers2 awards

  • Our experienced attorneys can help families with adoption, divorce, estate planning, guardianship and probate cases. Call for a consultation or email your question to... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersAdoption Law, Counseling, and 19 more

Mary McDermott
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Curry Law Group, P.A.

4.8
52 Reviews

  • 750 West Lumsden Road, Brandon, FL 33511-6217

  • Law Firm with 3 lawyers3 awards

  • Know Your Rights! We Have A History Of Helping People. Please Call 813-413-6074

  • Estate Planning LawyersProbate Litigation, Civil Litigation, and 239 more

Clifton Curry Jr.
President
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Rubinstein & Associates, P.A.

4.8
7 Reviews

  • 610 Angelica Place, Brandon, FL 33510+1 location

  • Law Firm with 3 lawyers2 awards

  • When you’re faced with a legal issue, an attorney protects your rights and helps you navigate the law. With 50 years of combined experience, our lawyers have extensive knowledge... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersBusiness Law, Business Litigation, and 7 more

Jessica Saiontz
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Lambert Law Offices, PL

4.9
22 Reviews

  • 617 West Lumsden Road, Brandon, FL 33511

  • Law Firm with 2 lawyers3 awards

  • Providing affordable legal services to the Tampa Bay area.

  • Estate Planning LawyersBusiness and Estate Litigation, Limited Liability Companies, and 64 more

Judith Schutzbach Lambert
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Harris, Hunt & Derr, P.A.

4.8
52 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 10 lawyers2 awards

  • About Our Family Law PracticeLegal issues regarding divorce and other family law matters are complicated when significant assets, business interests and relationships are at stake.... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersHigh-Asset Divorce, Collaborative Divorce, and 6 more

Meredith Bedell
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Lieser Skaff

4.8
28 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 8 lawyers2 awards

  • Aggressive, Honorable Representation

  • Estate Planning LawyersBusiness Formation, Business Law, and 33 more

Karen Prevatt
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AEGIS LAW, Formerly the Walk Law Firm

5.0
5 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer2 awards

  • Providing General Counsel Services For Businesses And Entrepreneurs. Our goal is to provide practical and reliable business and legal advice at a fair and understandable fee... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersE-Commerce, Business Law, and 72 more

  • Free Consultation

  • Offers Video

Rochelle Walk Esq.
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Westchase Law P.A.

4.4
40 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 3 lawyers3 awards

  • Experienced Tampa law firm providing quality legal services for individual and commercial clients in a consistently ethical, responsible, timely and cost-effective manner. Call... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersFamily Law, Divorce, and 32 more

Kelly M. Albanese Esq.
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Lins Law Group, P.A.

5.0
2 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • At the Lins Law Group, P.A., we have more than twenty-five years of experience compassionately representing the interests of clients throughout Tampa, Clearwater and St.... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersWills, Trusts, and 19 more

D. Michael Lins
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Dan Newlin Injury Attorneys

4.8
548 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 20 lawyers3 awards

  • Commited to Excellence

  • Estate Planning LawyersLiability Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice Defense, and 11 more

  • Free Consultation

Roger Dale Albright II
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The Wagner Law Group

4.8
30 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 48 lawyers2 awards

  • The Wagner Law Group is a nationally recognized practice in the areas of ERISA and employee benefits, which includes the distinct areas of Fiduciary Compliance, Retirement Plans,... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersERISA & Employee Benefits, Administrative Representation, and 68 more

  • Free Consultation

Thomas E. Clark Jr.
Partner
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Curry Law Group, P.A.

4.8
52 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 3 lawyers3 awards

  • Know Your Rights! We Have A History Of Helping People. Please Call 813-413-6074

  • Estate Planning LawyersProbate Litigation, Civil Litigation, and 239 more

Clifton Curry Jr.
President
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Rosenkranz Law Firm

4.8
95 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer3 awards

  • The Elder Care Firm of Jack M. Rosenkranz, P.A. provides a broad range of services to older citizens and their families. Because the firm concentrates on Elder Law, it is... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersElder Law, Probate Administration, and 15 more

Jack M. Rosenkranz
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Verras Law, P.A.

4.9
16 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • We assist clients with estate planning, probate, trust administration, elder law, guardianship, real estate, asset protection, and business formation. Serving the community with... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersElder Law, Small Business Law, and 13 more

Spiro J. Verras
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Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers, PA

4.6
32 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 5 lawyers1 award

  • Aggressive attorneys that fight for you. Call us today for your FREE case evaluation. We can help. 866-967-6804

  • Estate Planning LawyersSpinal Cord Injuries, Brain Injury, and 237 more

Matthew A. Dolman Esq.
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Battaglia, Ross, Dicus & McQuaid, P.A.

5.0
80 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 14 lawyers4 awards

  • Providing the excellence and care that you deserve. Call us today 727-382-6680

  • Estate Planning LawyersBusiness and Corporate, Business Agreements, and 97 more

  • Free Consultation

Robert Kapusta Jr.
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Bleakley Bavol Denman & Grace

4.9
42 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 14 lawyers2 awards

  • The Bleakley Law Firm is a collection of talented, aggressive, professionals dedicated to the principals of professionalism, exceptional service, and zealous representation of the... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersCommercial Litigation, General Corporate Practice, and 24 more

Charles Bavol
Senior Partner
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Fuentes and Kreischer, PA

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  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 2 lawyers1 award

  • The Tampa real estate attorneys at Fuentes & Kreischer, P.A., have the highest legal and ethical rating from Martindale Hubbell and assist in real estate, probate law, trusts and... Read More

  • Estate Planning LawyersReal Estate, Wills and Trusts, and 66 more

Lawrence Fuentes
Partner
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Baumann Kangas PA

4.6
28 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 3 lawyers2 awards

  • Over 30 years of experience. Exceptional Service. Tenacious advocacy.

  • Estate Planning LawyersProbate Administration, Guardianship Administration, and 33 more

Eryn Riconda
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Hardin, Ball & Tondreault, P.A.

4.2
41 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 4 lawyers2 awards

  • Practicing throughout Central Florida Since 1985

  • Estate Planning LawyersReal Estate, Real Property, and 86 more

Benjamin Waldrop Hardin Jr.
Partner
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Linda C. Hanna Professional Association

5.0
1 Review

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • Ms. Hanna concentrates her practice in estate planning, family wealth preservation, probate and trust administration, closely-held business law, and estate and gift tax law.

  • Estate Planning LawyersTrusts And Estates, Probate, and 7 more

Linda C. Hanna
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Baskin Eisel Rightmyer Attorneys at Law

4.8
18 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 5 lawyers1 award

  • Our mission is to help clients achieve their goals by providing high quality, ethically sound legal counsel and strategic advice.

  • Estate Planning LawyersTrust Litigation, Probate Estate Litigation, and 9 more

Randall Baskin
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Strunin Law, PLLC

5.0
3 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • Founded in 2016, Strunin Law, PLLC is committed to shaking off the cumbersome practices of old-fashioned law firms, in favor of modern, client-centered legal services.

  • Estate Planning LawyersWills and Trusts, Durable Power of Attorney, and 16 more

  • Free Consultation

  • Offers Video

Keith Strunin
Estate Planning Lawyer
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Deeb Elder Law, P.A.

5.0
20 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer2 awards

  • Specializing in meeting the needs of the Elderly and their families including Guardianship, Medicaid, Probate & Estate Planning.

  • Estate Planning LawyersElder Law, Probate, and 26 more

Terry Deeb
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Bivins & Hemenway, P.A.

5.0
17 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL

  • Law Firm with 5 lawyers2 awards

  • Helping our Clients Chart their Course

  • Estate Planning LawyersBusiness Law, Corporate Law, and 21 more

John M. Hemenway
Estate Planning Lawyer
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Lambert Law Offices, PL

4.9
22 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 2 lawyers3 awards

  • Providing affordable legal services to the Tampa Bay area.

  • Estate Planning LawyersBusiness and Estate Litigation, Limited Liability Companies, and 64 more

Judith Schutzbach Lambert
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Pilka Adams & Reed, P.A.

3.7
57 Reviews

  • 330 Pauls Drive, Suite 100, Brandon, FL 33511+2 locations

  • Law Firm with 6 lawyers3 awards

  • Legal Support for Florida's West and Central Coasts for more than 25 Years

  • Estate Planning LawyersPersonal Injury, Probate, and 5 more

Joseph Reed
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Gardner Law Firm

5.0
1 Review

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 2 lawyers1 award

  • A law firm practicing estate planning law.

  • Estate Planning LawyersBusiness Law, Tax Law, and 5 more

Merritt A. Gardner
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Morrison & Mills, P.A.

5.0
2 Reviews

  • Serving Brandon, FL and Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer2 awards

  • A law firm practicing estate planning law.

  • Estate Planning LawyersCorporate Law, Banking Law, and 14 more

Frederick J. Mills
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Law Office of Kari L. MacDonald, P.A.

  • 634 E Bloomingdale Ave, Brandon, FL 33511

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What rights do I have to my life partners estate? How?

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Answered by attorney Ronald Karl Nims (Unclaimed Profile)
Estate Planning lawyer at Ronald K. Nims
As a life partner, you have no right to any of his property. However regardless of your relationship, you're owner of 1/2 of property that you bought together UNLESS it's property with express ownership, then the title or contract controls ownership (motor vehicles, bank accounts, etc. have express ownership). So if you bought a $5,000 living room suite together, you have the ownership of 1/2 of the items. This is referred to as "tenants in common". He used to own the other 1/2 now it's owned by his estate. The first problem is whether you or his mother, can prove who bought it. Obviously, if it's on your credit card statement it appears that you own it completely but if he wrote you a check the next day for 1/2 the purchase price, then that's evidence that it was bought together. Lay persons often say "Possession is nine-tenths of the law." That's not strictly true but lawyers say, "The possessor's claim is valid against everyone except the actual owner."The effect is that if you have possession, then the assumption is that you own it 100% until his mother can prove that her son owned it or it was jointly owned. With no receipt, that is a daunting prospect. There is often evidence that can be considered, did you have it insured? Did he have it insured? Is there written evidence which addresses ownership? For example, a letter or note? She can say that her son owned it, but you can say you owned it, so that won't settle anything. But insurance and belief that someone owned it only go so far, for example, if you now have a $10,000 Rolex, it was stolen from an unknown person and your partner paid $2,000 for it in a shady transaction. In that case, the true owner is unknown, so even if his mother can prove her son bought it, he wasn't the true owner, so she can't take it from you. My advise is change the locks and don't let them in to take anything. If the demand things, ask them to write a list that specifically identifies the items that they want (this has the advantage of 1. letting you know what they want and 2. anything they don't put on this is de facto yours, if they come back later and ask for other items, it looks like they're lying). Once you know what they are asking for, you can decide which things you're willing to give them (do you really want his old clothes, etc.?), which that you want things you can prove are yours and which things that you want but have no evidence for. Then tell them that you believe you own all the things you want and ask them why they think that he owned them. If the answer is "that clock is a family heirloom that grandfather built in 1932 and we've got pictures showing it in his house from the 1950s" then give up that item. Otherwise, tell them that they can see you in court.
As a life partner, you have no right to any of his property. However regardless of your relationship, you're owner of 1/2 of property that you bought together UNLESS it's property with express ownership, then the title or contract controls ownership (motor vehicles, bank accounts, etc. have express ownership). So if you bought a $5,000 living room suite together, you have the ownership of 1/2 of the items. This is referred to as "tenants in common". He used to own the other 1/2 now it's owned by his estate. The first problem is whether you or his mother, can prove who bought it. Obviously, if it's on your credit card statement it appears that you own it completely but if he wrote you a check the next day for 1/2 the purchase price, then that's evidence that it was bought together. Lay persons often say "Possession is nine-tenths of the law." That's not strictly true but lawyers say, "The possessor's claim is valid against everyone except the actual owner."The effect is that if you have possession, then the assumption is that you own it 100% until his mother can prove that her son owned it or it was jointly owned. With no receipt, that is a daunting prospect. There is often evidence that can be considered, did you have it insured? Did he have it insured? Is there written evidence which addresses ownership? For example, a letter or note? She can say that her son owned it, but you can say you owned it, so that won't settle anything. But insurance and belief that someone owned it only go so far, for example, if you now have a $10,000 Rolex, it was stolen from an unknown person and your partner paid $2,000 for it in a shady transaction. In that case, the true owner is unknown, so even if his mother can prove her son bought it, he wasn't the true owner, so she can't take it from you. My advise is change the locks and don't let them in to take anything. If the demand things, ask them to write a list that specifically identifies the items that they want (this has the advantage of 1. letting you know what they want and 2. anything they don't put on this is de facto yours, if they come back later and ask for other items, it looks like they're lying). Once you know what they are asking for, you can decide which things you're willing to give them (do you really want his old clothes, etc.?), which that you want things you can prove are yours and which things that you want but have no evidence for. Then tell them that you believe you own all the things you want and ask them why they think that he owned them. If the answer is "that clock is a family heirloom that grandfather built in 1932 and we've got pictures showing it in his house from the 1950s" then give up that item. Otherwise, tell them that they can see you in court.
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Do we have to hire an attorney if the beneficiary of an estate does not follow the will?

Brian Chew
Answered by attorney Brian Chew
Estate Planning lawyer at OC Wills and Trust Attorneys
A beneficiary designation to specific person overrides the will, the trust and any probate proceedings unless someone can prove in court that the designation was made by your father as a result of undue influence or lack of capacity when he made the beneficiary designation.
A beneficiary designation to specific person overrides the will, the trust and any probate proceedings unless someone can prove in court that the designation was made by your father as a result of undue influence or lack of capacity when he made the beneficiary designation.
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What can I do if my mother died without a will and my siblings don't want to give me anything?

Christine James
Answered by attorney Christine James
Estate Planning lawyer at James Law Group
Don't waste any more time and speak with an attorney. You can get your share as long as you act fast, before it is all spent. If you are worried you cannot afford an attorney remember that probate fees are paid from the estate not by you directly, and if you are entitled to an inheritance, many attorneys will work with you.
Don't waste any more time and speak with an attorney. You can get your share as long as you act fast, before it is all spent. If you are worried you cannot afford an attorney remember that probate fees are paid from the estate not by you directly, and if you are entitled to an inheritance, many attorneys will work with you.
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