Estate Planning

How Can Married Couples Protect their Assets from Creditors?

Protecting your assets from creditors and lawsuits should be part of your estate plan. There are a number of asset protection strategies that you can integrate into your estate plan.…

Estate Planning Probate Wills & Trusts

4 Important Terms You Should Know When It Comes to Inheritance.

Testate, intestate, heirs, beneficiaries, probate…the terms used in estate planning can be complicated and confusing. Which is why it can be very helpful to have a basic understanding of some…

Estate Planning Probate Wills & Trusts

When “X” Marks the Will: Is an “X” a Valid Signature for Your Will?

In Florida, for a Last Will and Testament (“Will”) to be valid, it must comply with certain legal formalities. The necessary legal formalities vary from state to state, but generally…

Estate Planning

What is an ILIT and Why Would You Want One?

Estate planning has certain wealth management aspects to it, including asset protection and wealth planning. In today’s post, we will discuss one estate planning tool that helps to ensure that…

Estate Planning

What is a SLAT and When Does it Make Sense to Have One?

Acronyms can make you feel like you’re totally “in the know”: like you’re speaking a secret language. Or they can simply confuse the heck out of you. Today we’re taking…

Estate Planning

3 Tough Questions to Ask Yourself Before Meeting with an Estate and Probate Attorney.

Once you have taken the important step of making an appointment to meet with an estate and probate lawyer to discuss your estate plan, you should take a little time…

Estate Planning

Asserting Control from Beyond the Grave: Conditional Bequests

When you make a Last Will and Testament (“Will”) you get to decide who will receive your property at the time of your death. You also can choose when they…

Estate Planning

4 Essential Elements a Trust Must Have to Qualify Under Florida’s New Community Property Trust Act.

On July 1, 2021, Florida’s new Community Property Trust Act became effective. The Community Property Trust Act (or “CPTA”) allows married couples in Florida to create a valid community property…

Estate Planning

Florida’s New Community Property Trust Act: An Overview.

Florida recently enacted a new law that is making some exciting changes in estate planning. This new law, the Community Property Trust Act (CPTA) went into effect on July 1,…

Estate Planning Probate

Good Things Come in Threes: The 3 Main Roles in a Trust.

A revocable living trust (aka a “living trust,” referred to here simply as a “trust”) is a wonderful estate planning tool. But understanding who the parties in a trust are…

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Estate Planning

How Can Married Couples Protect their Assets from Creditors?

4 Important Terms You Should Know When It Comes to Inheritance.

When “X” Marks the Will: Is an “X” a Valid Signature for Your Will?

What is an ILIT and Why Would You Want One?

What is a SLAT and When Does it Make Sense to Have One?

3 Tough Questions to Ask Yourself Before Meeting with an Estate and Probate Attorney.

Asserting Control from Beyond the Grave: Conditional Bequests

4 Essential Elements a Trust Must Have to Qualify Under Florida’s New Community Property Trust Act.

Florida’s New Community Property Trust Act: An Overview.

Good Things Come in Threes: The 3 Main Roles in a Trust.

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