Estate Planning

You may have seen several guides encouraging young people to have an estate plan, showing the importance of creating one earlier. But what if you didn't do so when you were younger? Is it too late to start? While it's crucial and more manageable to draft estate...

A will is an important estate planning document that allows you to achieve various goals. Unfortunately, while everyone needs a will, most people don’t.  Having an estate plan can benefit you in many ways, and creating a will is something you should consider if you...

Advance directives are among the first and most important estate planning documents to put in place. Unlike your will and various trusts, these documents address your wishes for a time when you’re still alive but may not be able to speak for yourself. In Florida,...

An estate plan allows testators to prepare their assets for distribution in anticipation of their passing. While nobody likes to contemplate their own mortality, it’s a necessary process if you want to make sure your loved ones are protected after you’re gone. If...

Estate planning is a process that prepares for the transfer of someone’s assets and property after death. It also allows individuals to transfer certain authority in the event of incapacitation due to a medical emergency. Additionally, the estate planning process can...

Estate planning is crucial for adults of any age. Besides allowing you to distribute your assets among your loved ones, your plan will include crucial documents that state your wishes. But is estate planning difficult? Is this why some people avoid doing it? This...

Estate planning is the anticipatory process, during your life, of preparing the distribution of your assets to family and loved ones or charity after your death. Estate distribution is a complicated process and many people update their estate plans throughout their...

You may want to avoid a challenge to your will by including a no-contest clause. It works by disinheriting anyone who contests the will and loses. However, it is worthwhile to understand the enforceability of such a clause before having it in your will. Florida law is...