Hack v. Janes

How courts have described this case

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• stating that absent legislation to the contrary, the “preponderance or greater weight of the evidence [standard] is the generally accepted burden of proof in civil matters”
• explaining the section 733.107(2) provision and the difference between vanishing presumptions, which merely affect the burden of production of evidence, and public policy-related presumptions that provide for shifting of the burden of proof
• explaining the section 733.107(2) provision and the difference between vanishing presumptions, which merely affect the burden of production of evidence, and public policy-related presumptions that provide for shifting of the burden of proof
• “The 2002 amendment to section 733.107, adding subsection 2, was intended to incorporate sections 90.301-90.304 of the Florida Evidence Code, and require a shifting of the burden of proof after the presumption of undue influence arises in a will contest”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).