How to designate a health care surrogate and create a living will in Florida, with guidance for dual-state residents and out-of-state property owners.
How blended families in Palm Beach, FL plan estates: homestead, elective share, trusts, and out-of-state property. Practical guidance from Florida attorneys.
Joint ownership with survivorship can wreck a Florida estate plan. See the probate, tax, creditor, and out-of-state traps and smarter alternatives.
How Medicaid asset protection planning works in Florida — lookback rules, the homestead, irrevocable trusts, and special concerns for dual-state owners.
How Florida homestead law protects the family home, its devise and creditor rules, and how to plan around them as an out-of-state or dual-state owner.
A Palm Beach pet owner sets up a Florida pet trust so her dogs are cared for — funding, trustees, and section 736.0408 explained.
A Palm Beach walkthrough on funding a Florida revocable living trust correctly so assets actually avoid probate. Deeds, accounts, beneficiary forms explained.
What Florida’s elective share and homestead rules mean for Palm Beach spouses. A scenario guide to the 30% surviving-spouse protection you cannot disinherit away.
How a Florida pour-over will backs up your living trust in Palm Beach. A scenario-driven guide to the safety net that catches assets you forgot to fund.
A Palm Beach family uses an ILIT to control a large life insurance payout and protect beneficiaries — how Florida ILITs really work.
Die without a will in Palm Beach? Florida intestacy, homestead descent, and probate decide everything. A real-world look at who inherits and why it surprises families.
A Florida attorney explains durable powers of attorney under Chapter 709 — how they work, signing rules, and special concerns for dual-state owners.
Follow one Palm Beach couple through a real Florida estate planning checklist — documents, homestead, beneficiaries, and probate avoidance.
When do irrevocable trusts make sense in Florida? A Palm Beach estate attorney explains asset protection, Medicaid, taxes, and dual-state planning.
The estate planning documents every Florida adult needs: will, durable POA, health care surrogate, living will, and trusts. A West Palm Beach attorney’s guide.
How Palm Beach families use Florida trusts to protect an inheritance for young, impulsive, or vulnerable heirs from creditors, divorce, and bad decisions.
A Florida attorney’s guide to funding a revocable living trust correctly—deeds, accounts, homestead, and out-of-state property for Palm Beach owners.
How Florida residents reduce estate tax with lifetime gifting, trusts, and multi-state planning. A West Palm Beach estate attorney explains the strategies.
How Florida spendthrift trusts and other tools protect an inheritance for a young or financially careless heir. Guidance for out-of-state property owners.
A Florida estate planning attorney’s guide to business succession: LLC operating agreements, buy-sell planning, trusts, and out-of-state owner pitfalls.
Florida revocable living trust vs. will: how each works, probate, out-of-state property, and which estate plan actually fits your family. West Palm Beach.
A Palm Beach family learns the hard way which Florida power of attorney mistakes under Chapter 709 trigger guardianship and bank refusals.
How Florida’s 30% elective share protects a surviving spouse, what counts in the elective estate, and how out-of-state owners can plan for it.
How a Florida revocable living trust works for Palm Beach families — avoiding probate, funding the trust, homestead, and what a will-only plan can’t do under Ch. 736.
How Florida Lady Bird (enhanced life estate) deeds avoid probate, keep control, and protect dual-state owners. A West Palm Beach attorney explains.
A Palm Beach homeowner compares a DIY will kit to attorney-drafted documents — and the Florida law gaps that nearly cost the family.
How charitable giving and trusts work in a Florida estate plan, including CRTs, CLTs, and donor-advised funds for Palm Beach and dual-state residents.
How Florida law treats digital assets and online accounts in your estate plan, plus what out-of-state and dual-state property owners must know.
Snowbird in Palm Beach? Learn how Florida domicile, homestead, and dual-state property affect your estate plan and how to avoid probate in two states.
A Palm Beach walkthrough of Florida’s will requirements under §732.502 — witnesses, signing order, and the self-proving step that saves your family probate headaches.
