Naming Guardians for Minor Children in a Florida Estate Plan: A Lawyer’s Guide
How Florida professionals name guardians for minor children: preneed designation under Fla. Stat. 744.3046, guardian of person vs. property, and common mistakes.
Estate Planning
How Florida professionals name guardians for minor children: preneed designation under Fla. Stat. 744.3046, guardian of person vs. property, and common mistakes.
A Florida estate attorney explains how to avoid probate with trusts, beneficiary designations, and titling so your estate passes privately and fast.
In Florida, beneficiary designations on accounts and policies override your will. Learn why, and how physicians and professionals can avoid costly mistakes.
How a special needs trust helps Miami families provide for a loved one with a disability without risking essential benefits.
How Florida professionals and physicians use spendthrift trusts, staggered distributions, and trustees to protect an inheritance for young or impulsive heirs.
When and why to review your Florida estate plan: life events, law changes, and a North Miami attorney’s checklist for physicians and professionals.
North Miami draws people from all over the world: families building a life on a green card, retirees splitting time between Florida and a home
How Florida homestead law protects the family home from creditors and probate, and how physicians and professionals plan around its devise restrictions.
A Florida estate attorney explains durable power of attorney under Chapter 709: how it works, what it can do, and how physicians and professionals should set one up.
A Miami family’s guide to when to revisit your Florida estate plan, from new babies to homestead moves, so your documents always reflect real life.
A plain-English look at Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts for Miami families, how ILITs work in Florida, and when they make sense for your legacy.
Practical, Florida-specific ways Miami families can keep an estate out of probate court, from trusts to Lady Bird deeds to beneficiary designations.
How joint ownership and right of survivorship can quietly wreck a Florida estate plan for physicians and professionals, and how to avoid the common traps.
Miami families: how Florida Medicaid’s 5-year look-back works for long-term care and why early planning protects your home and savings.
How Florida Lady Bird (enhanced life estate) deeds let you avoid probate, keep control, and protect your homestead. A North Miami estate attorney explains.
What Florida intestacy law decides if you die without a will, explained for Miami families, including homestead, who inherits, and how probate works.
Common Florida power of attorney mistakes that hurt Miami families, from non-durable forms to missing authority, and how to get yours right under Chapter 709.
A reassuring guide for Miami families: Florida has no state estate tax, and how the federal estate tax may affect your plan.
How special needs trusts protect a disabled beneficiary in Florida without losing SSI or Medicaid. First-party vs. third-party, payback rules, and ABLE accounts.
Avoid the costly Florida estate planning mistakes that trip up physicians and professionals—homestead, funding, beneficiaries, and probate pitfalls explained.
How Florida business owners plan their estates and succession: buy-sell agreements, trusts, Chapter 605 LLC rules, and avoiding probate of a company.
When do irrevocable trusts make sense in Florida? A Miami estate attorney explains asset protection, Medicaid, tax, and the tradeoffs of giving up control.
How a Florida pet trust under Section 736.0408 lets Miami pet owners set aside funds and name a caregiver so beloved animals are never left behind.
How blended families in Florida can plan an estate that protects a surviving spouse and children from a prior marriage. Trusts, elective share, homestead.
A clear Florida guide to making a valid will under section 732.502, written for Miami families who want their wishes honored and loved ones protected.
How to fund a revocable living trust correctly in Florida: retitling assets, deeds, beneficiary forms, and the mistakes physicians and professionals must avoid.
An irrevocable trust isn’t for everyone. A Miami family-first look at when this Florida tool truly protects your loved ones and your home.
How Medicaid asset protection planning works in Florida: the 5-year lookback, 2026 asset limits, irrevocable trusts, and strategies for professionals and physicians.
Trust or will for your Miami family? A plain-English Florida comparison of probate, cost, and control to help you choose with confidence.
How Florida’s 30% elective share protects a surviving spouse, what counts in the elective estate, and how professionals can plan around it.