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Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator | Probate, Estate & Family Inheritance Disputes
Charles “Trip” Bechert III is a Pompano Beach, Florida, trial attorney and Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil and Family Mediator.
Charles “Trip” Bechert III is a Pompano Beach, Florida trial attorney and Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil and Family Mediator. Founder of Bechert & Associates, P.A., he has more than thirty years of legal experience in civil, family, personal-injury, employment, commercial, estate-planning, and probate matters. His pre-suit mediation work includes family inheritance matters, business disputes, insurance claims, contract disagreements, and other civil conflicts, with a focus on resolving issues privately and efficiently before litigation. Mr. Bechert began his career as an Assistant State Attorney in Broward County and has also served as a Broward County Hearing Officer. His trial and appellate admissions include the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Bechert earned a J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School and an undergraduate degree from St. Thomas University.
Trip reviews Florida probate, inheritance, estate-planning, pre-suit, and family-dispute mediation content for factual clarity and practical relevance. His editorial role is limited to subjects within his stated experience and does not create an attorney-client relationship or constitute individualized legal advice.
Yes. While no one can be forced to settle, once the parties reach an agreement and sign a written settlement, it becomes a binding and enforceable contract.
An effective estate mediation requires the people with both the authority and the information to resolve the matter.
The economics of an estate dispute are a critical practical consideration. Litigation costs — attorney’s fees, expert fees, and court costs — come out of the estate or the parties’ pockets, and in smaller estates those...
Pre-suit mediation is mediation that takes place before a lawsuit is ever filed, allowing parties to resolve a conflict privately and cost-effectively without entering the court system.
A will contest — a challenge to the validity of a will, often on grounds such as undue influence, lack of capacity, or improper execution — can be one of the most bitter and expensive forms of probate litigation.
Yes. Disputes about how a personal representative (executor) or trustee has administered an estate or trust — including questions about accountings, distributions, fees, investment decisions, or alleged self-dealing —...
Inheritance disputes carry emotional weight that ordinary commercial cases do not — they often surface grief, old family rivalries, and questions of fairness that go well beyond the dollars involved.
Many probate and estate disputes are well suited to mediation, including will contests, disagreements over the interpretation of a will or trust, claims that a personal representative or trustee has breached their...
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