When you agree to serve as the personal representative for a family member who lives in Florida, you must navigate the state's probate process even...
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Should you consider a Medicaid spend-down?
If you have relatively poor health and the necessity of nursing home care looms as a distinct possibility in your future, you need to begin now to...
How should you prepare for estate taxes?
A common assumption amongst many of those engaged in the estate planning process in Florida is that there is nothing one can do to avoid the...
With proper planning, you can reduce ancillary probate costs
If you stay in Florida for part of the year but officially live in another state, working through the non-resident probate process upon your death...
Advanced medical directives for living wills
Living wills provide people the means to dictate how the medical world approaches their life, whether it is in crisis or not. Without directives...
How can siblings assist elderly parents with an estate plan?
As your parents age, it is likely difficult for you and your siblings to consider the future without them, and this often leads to a lack of...
Who is involved in the probate process?
When an individual passes away, his or her relatives usually take on the duty of wrapping up final affairs, canceling services that are no longer...
What does it mean to fund a living trust?
A living trust provides more control over your assets and the process for dispersing them after you are gone. It also helps avoid probate, because...