Engelke v. Estate of Engelke

How courts have described this case

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• holding that \a general direction\ in a trust document to pay the claims and expenses of the grantor's estate, does not subject protected homestead property to creditors claims
• stating that unless a trust specifically directs homestead to be sold, rights of heirs attach at death and homestead property is protected from creditors
• \Florida courts have consistently emphasized that the homestead exemption is to be liberally construed in the interest of protecting the family home against the claims of creditors.\
• “Because Paul retained a right of revocation, he was free to revoke the trust at any point in time. Accordingly, he maintained an ownership interest in his residence, even though a revocable trust held title to the property.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).