What’s All the Fuss about Trusts?

By Jennifer L. Fulton, Esquire A revocable living trust is part of a complete basic estate plan. Once drafted, it also has to be funded. Why would anyone want to go to all that work? The reason many attorneys favor including a revocable living trust is because, together with the other tools in a basic...

Appellate Attorney Robin I. Bresky Honored With 2019 Soroptimist International Women of Distinction Award

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Appellate attorney Robin I. Bresky, Founder and President of Bresky Law, won the 2019 Soroptimist International Women of Distinction award in the category of Community Involvement. Bresky was recognized for her many contributions to Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County where she has served as a board member for the...

Protecting Your Adult Children: The Underappreciated Benefit of a Revocable Living Trust

By Jennifer L. Fulton, Esquire Bresky Law The golden age of the pension plan is waning. Social security is at risk of going bankrupt. The divorce rate has risen, and can wreak financial havoc in a person’s life. How will your children retire? While you may not be able to protect them from these possibilities, your...

Third DCA Decides that Attorney’s Appearance Long After Court’s Order Did Not Waive Service of Process in Proceeding to Modify Timesharing and Support

Salinas v. Pascariello, Case No. 3D15-594 (Fla. 3d DCA, March 30, 2016)* Under Florida law, valid service of process is a prerequisite to the exercise of personal jurisdiction over a defendant. The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure governing service of process require that a copy of the initial pleading be delivered to the party upon...

Bresky Law Helps Father Obtain Co-Guardianship of Developmentally Disabled Adult Daughter

Bresky Law Helps Father Obtain Co-Guardianship of Developmentally Disabled Adult Daughter Bresky Law recently assisted a father and his trial counsel in obtaining co-guardianship of the father’s developmentally disabled adult daughter over the objections of his ex-wife. Our client’s ex-wife, who is the girl’s mother, filed a petition for guardianship of their daughter without providing...

Bresky Law Obtains Reversal and Remand on Rehearing in Emergency Temporary Guardianship Appeal

Bresky Law Obtains Reversal and Remand on Rehearing in Emergency Temporary Guardianship Appeal In August of 2013, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (“Fourth DCA”) clarified a crucial point of guardianship law: the time at which the trial court must appoint counsel for an alleged incapacitated person when the court finds that a guardian needs...