How Florida trust administration works after the grantor dies: successor trustee duties, the 60-day notice, homestead, creditors, and key statutory deadlines.
Leaving money outright to a young or spendthrift heir is a common Florida mistake. Learn how trusts and spendthrift clauses protect an inheritance.
When do irrevocable trusts make sense in Florida? A South Florida estate planning attorney explains uses, homestead concerns, Medicaid, and tradeoffs.
The core estate planning documents every Florida adult needs: will, durable power of attorney, health care directives, and—if you own a home—a plan for homestead.
The core Florida estate planning documents every adult needs — and the execution mistakes that quietly make a will or power of attorney unenforceable.
A Florida attorney’s guide to estate planning and business succession: buy-sell agreements, LLC transfers, homestead, and probate avoidance for owners.
Divorce, marriage, or relocating to Florida can quietly break your estate plan. Learn what to update, which FL statutes apply, and how to protect your homestead.
A Florida attorney’s guide to Lady Bird (enhanced life estate) deeds: how they avoid probate, protect homestead, and keep Medicaid options open.
An unfunded living trust is the #1 Florida estate mistake. Learn how to retitle homestead, accounts, and beneficiaries so your trust actually avoids probate.
You cannot fully disinherit a spouse in Florida. Learn how the 30% elective share, homestead, and family rights protect a surviving spouse.
How Florida spendthrift trusts, staged distributions, and trustee controls protect an inheritance for young or financially reckless heirs.
Florida gives unmarried partners zero default rights. Avoid these mistakes that leave your partner with nothing at death or incapacity.
New Florida parents make avoidable estate planning mistakes. Name a guardian, fund a trust, and protect your homestead the right way.
Florida POA rules under Ch. 709 are strict. Avoid the ‘springing,’ non-durable, and vague-powers mistakes that leave your agent unable to act.
How to designate a health care surrogate and create a living will in Florida under Chapter 765, plus why homeowners need both documents.
Florida pet trusts (§736.0408) protect your animals after you’re gone. Avoid the funding, caretaker, and ‘leave money to the pet’ mistakes that derail them.
The estate planning mistakes Florida families make most — unfunded trusts, homestead missteps, stale beneficiaries — and how to avoid each one.
How Florida homestead law protects the family home from creditors and probate, plus the planning traps South Florida owners must avoid.
Single Floridians without a will let the state and courts decide everything. Avoid these estate and incapacity planning mistakes.
How joint ownership and right of survivorship can wreck a Florida estate plan, the homestead traps, tax surprises, and smarter alternatives for property owners.
ILITs can shelter life insurance and protect beneficiaries—but only if set up right. Avoid the funding, ownership, and Florida-specific ILIT mistakes.
Marriage, divorce, or a new baby in Florida? The estate planning updates people forget — and the spousal and homestead rules that override stale documents.
How to include digital assets and online accounts in your Florida estate plan under the Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. A homeowner’s guide.
How charitable giving and trusts work in a Florida estate plan: CRTs, CLTs, donor-advised funds, homestead concerns, and tax strategy from a FL estate attorney.
A Florida living trust keeps your assets, beneficiaries, and estate plan private by avoiding the public probate court file. Here’s how it works.
How a Florida durable power of attorney works under Chapter 709: signing rules, banking and real estate authority, and why it protects your homestead.
A stale estate plan is a quiet Florida mistake. Learn the life events and law changes that should trigger a review of your will, trust, and POA.
DIY estate planning fails in predictable ways under Florida law. See the homestead, witness, and probate mistakes a Florida attorney helps you avoid.
How snowbirds and dual-state residents should structure estate plans, establish Florida domicile, protect homestead, and avoid ancillary probate.
In Florida, beneficiary designations on accounts and policies override your will. Learn how POD, TOD, and retirement designations control who inherits.
