Pet Trusts: Providing for Your Animals
A Palm Beach pet owner sets up a Florida pet trust so her dogs are cared for — funding, trustees, and section 736.0408 explained.
January 5, 2026
A Palm Beach pet owner sets up a Florida pet trust so her dogs are cared for — funding, trustees, and section 736.0408 explained.
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’s guide to funding a revocable living trust correctly—deeds, accounts, homestead, and out-of-state property for Palm Beach owners.
Avoid the most common Florida estate planning mistakes — homestead, out-of-state wills, ancillary probate, and more — explained by Palm Beach attorneys.
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 special needs trusts protect a disabled beneficiary’s Medicaid and SSI in Florida — types, funding, trustee duties, and out-of-state property planning.
Joint ownership with survivorship can wreck a Florida estate plan. See the probate, tax, creditor, and out-of-state traps and smarter alternatives.
A Palm Beach homeowner compares a DIY will kit to attorney-drafted documents — and the Florida law gaps that nearly cost the family.
How Medicaid asset protection planning works in Florida — lookback rules, the homestead, irrevocable trusts, and special concerns for dual-state owners.
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 Florida estate planning attorney’s guide to business succession: LLC operating agreements, buy-sell planning, trusts, and out-of-state owner pitfalls.
In Florida, beneficiary designations on life insurance, IRAs, and POD accounts override your will. Learn how this works for out-of-state owners.
Follow one Palm Beach couple through a real Florida estate planning checklist — documents, homestead, beneficiaries, and probate avoidance.
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 Lady Bird (enhanced life estate) deeds avoid probate, keep control, and protect dual-state owners. A West Palm Beach attorney explains.
Wondering if you need a will in Palm Beach, FL? A scenario-driven look at when a will matters, what it skips, and why Florida homestead rules change the answer.
How to update your estate plan after divorce, marriage, or relocating to Florida — what changes, what stays, and the Florida statutes that matter.
Life changes outpace your documents. A Palm Beach guide to when and why to review your Florida estate plan so it still does what you intended.
How Florida spendthrift trusts and other tools protect an inheritance for a young or financially careless heir. Guidance for out-of-state property owners.
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.
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.
West Palm Beach is home to thousands of families where citizenship status differs under one roof: a naturalized parent, a green-card spouse, a child who
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 Palm Beach families use Florida trusts to protect an inheritance for young, impulsive, or vulnerable heirs from creditors, divorce, and bad decisions.
When do irrevocable trusts make sense in Florida? A Palm Beach estate attorney explains asset protection, Medicaid, taxes, and dual-state planning.
How pour-over wills work with a living trust in Florida, the statutes behind them, and why out-of-state property owners in Palm Beach should care.
What drives estate planning cost in Palm Beach, FL? Understand flat-fee packages vs. probate expense and why a plan often saves your family money.
A Florida attorney explains durable powers of attorney under Chapter 709 — how they work, signing rules, and special concerns for dual-state owners.
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.
A Palm Beach walkthrough on funding a Florida revocable living trust correctly so assets actually avoid probate. Deeds, accounts, beneficiary forms explained.
