Florida Probate in a Nutshell
Probate is a fancy legal term for the court-supervised process of determining what happens to a person’s property after they pass away.
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Pandemic Planning-Wills, Trusts and More
People under the age of 65 account for more than 20% of COVID-related deaths in the US. However, young people are less likely to have estate planning documents, like a will or advanced directive, in place than those of older adults. This means that many people who are dying from coronavirus likely do not have documents in place to dictate who cares for their children or what happens to their home or money.
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Estate Planning Must Change to Respond to COVID-19 Concerns
Estate Planning must modernize and change with the new coronavirus
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What is a DNR under Florida law
In reality, a “do not resuscitate” order finds its most useful application with a person suffering from a long-term illness. In that situation, one should clearly express their wishes in advance, rather than leave this heart-wrenching decision to the loved ones. Loves ones often face, not only conflicting opinions, but strong guilt and indecisiveness
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What You Need to Know if you Have an IRA (SECURE Act changes) Part 2
This blog will focus more specifically on changes made to the beneficiaries that receive your IRA dollars in the future, after your death. I want to give you a snapshot of some issues so you can explore them in greater depth.
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Transferring your house? Be on the lookout for these taxes
If you are transferring your house, you need to be on the lookout before you get dinged with taxes. Florida’s documentary stamp tax is a special tax added onto the transfer of real property, unless there are exceptions
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What You Need to Know if you Have an IRA (SECURE Act Changes)
Have you heard about the new tax changes? Now is the time to start understanding these changes and determining if you need to make revisions to your estate plan.
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What is the popular Kid Care package?
The Kid Care Package empowers you to nominate legal guardians for your children.
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What is a LadyBird Deed?
Florida has a very cool way to devise property that you need to know about. In a ladybird deed, the grantor (property owner) deeds the property to the remaindermen (the people you leave the property to after your death) and the grantor retains a life estate. Even though the grantor only has a life estate,
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Do I Really Need Estate Planning?
Yes, you do need estate planning! After all, I got into this area myself due to my own personal needs. What’s more than that, I saw that my friends could benefit from it. Most of us want to make plans and make things easier for our loved ones. For more on Estate Planning based on
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