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I am thinking of taking a staff attorney position with LANS Corp, a legal aid service for middle class clients. I was just looking for any feedback on this organization, either from former or current staff attorneys or from past clients. There is not much on the internet about them.

You should call the court clerk's office and ask them what forms are needed for expungement, they may have them for you to pick up and fill in. Tell them you are acting pro se (without an attorney). You will find that most clerks are very helpful to individuals acting pro se. I don't know...

A friend was formerly an employee of a department store, but is now in another job. During his dept. store employment, he witnessed a shoplifting and he has been subpoenaed to testify at the criminal trial. The matter has been continued 7 times already, each time my friend had to take time off...

If a primary residence of a widow is transferred to a living trust to avoid probate, will her trust beneficiaries get the house at a stepped up basis? Assuming she paid $100K for the house in 1989, at the time it is transferred to the living trust it is worth $500K, and at the time of her...

Thank you for your reply. I haven't found anything on the step-up basis question (I have a call in to a CPA), but I've found several articles stating that the Florida homestead protection does not extend to trusts, only to "natural persons." But, I've also found a few conflicting articles that...

I am a newly admitted Florida attorney. As a favor, I am creating a trust for my best friend's mother. Her goal is to avoid probate and leave her residence to her three adult children in equal shares after she dies. I have two questions. First, will transferring the deed to the trust...

I am a newly admitted Florida attorney. 2 years ago, when I first moved to Florida from NY, my sister and I consulted an attorney to probate my mother's will. At the time, I had no knowledge of Florida probate procedure, nor Florida's homestead laws. The lawyer told us in no uncertain terms...

I am a newly admitted Florida attorney. A friend has come to me to draft a will making her sister the guardian of her 3 year old daughter. The baby's father (to whom my friend was never married) has not seen the child since she was 3 weeks old, nor has he paid any child support although...

My mother passed away in February 2005 with only a Florida residence as probate property, with her six children as beneficiaries. We were told by our Florida attorney that he could probate her NY will in Florida with a summary administration for a $1500 fee. After paying, the filing was...