No person with a financial interest in the transfer of Florida real estate should act as a witness to a deed. A person who is related to a grantor or grantee by blood or by marriage is not necessarily a person with a financial interest in the transfer. However, a...
According to Federal Statute, regulation and case law, a consumer product is defined as “any article, or component part thereof, produced or distributed (i) for sale to a consumer for use in or around a permanent or temporary household or residence, a school, in...
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which is the regulatory agency formed under the provisions of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Act (the “Act” – 15 U.S.C. 2051), there are currently 39 safety standards under the Act related to...
According to Florida case law and statutory law, joinder of a spouse is not required in an interspousal conveyance of solely owned homestead property to the husband and wife as tenants by the entirety: We hold that article X, section 4(c), does not require joinder in...
According to Florida case law, failure to record a properly delivered deed until after the grantor has died has no effect on the deed’s validity: Moreover, a deed takes effect from the date of delivery, and the recording of a deed is not essential to its...
