A feud divides South Florida family over hundreds of millions of dollars in estate, suit says
The rancorous rivalry has surfaced in a legal malpractice suit filed by Dr.
Scott and his wife, Rebecca, along with three of their children and their grandmother, have accused Rosen of fraud and acting against their interests after he set up trusts for each of the couple's five children funded with
In 2018, the Scott family discovered that the family trusts "grew out of balance by over
The 312-page malpractice suit, filed in state
"In the age-old story,
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However, there is one sticking point that could pose a challenge to the Scott's suit, which was filed last week by the
In an effort to represent the Scott family as a whole and its individual members, Rosen convinced
Defense attorneys could argue that Rosen, who collected millions of dollars in fees in representing the Scott family, acted lawfully when he set up a trust for
But lawyers for the Scott family say that Rosen was already working behind the scenes with
"Rosen somehow thought he could get away with it," the suit says. "And he was very clever. For eight years, he deliberately circumvented numerous legal and professional safeguards so that the Scott parents could not make informed decisions on setting up a whole series of trusts."
"Even after his troublesome acts were discovered [in 2018], Rosen should have assisted the family in remedying the imbalance, by disclosing all the details of what he did," the suits says. "He did not do so, however. Instead, he asserted 'privilege' over his secret elevation of
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