Probate

If You Are “In Terrorem” of a Will Contest, Can You Include a “No Contest” Clause in Your Florida Will?

If you anticipate that a disgruntled heir is going to challenge your Last Will and Testament (“Will”) after you die, can you include a “no contest” clause in your Florida…

Probate

Does Florida Have a Small Estate Affidavit?

Quick Summary Not all estates for purposes of probate are large. And yet even small estates must go through probate in order to distribute a decedent’s assets (however small) to…

Estate Planning Probate

4 Types of Assets that are Exempt from Probate in Florida

Quick Summary The probate process involves identifying and gathering the assets of a deceased person (a “decedent”) and paying the decedent’s debts. Not all probate assets, however, are subject to…

Estate Planning Probate Wills & Trusts

Where the Heck Did I Put It? A Lost or Destroyed Will in Florida.

During our lifetimes, we can often make right things that go wrong, or we can replace lost or stolen items. But all that ends when we die. Which brings up…

Estate Planning Probate

What Happens if a Decedent Owned Property in Multiple States?

Have you ever wondered what happens if a decedent owned property in multiple states? Exactly how would probate of the property be handled if the property the decedent owned wasn’t…

Estate Planning Probate Wills & Trusts

3 Duties Every Personal Representative Must Accomplish to Administer an Estate.

The duties of a personal representative in administering a decedent’s estate are many and varied. In a very broad sense, there are 3 duties every personal representative must accomplish in…

Estate Planning Probate Wills & Trusts

What is a Power of Appointment and What Can it Do?

One provision of a Last Will and Testament (“Will”) that is not often talked about is a power of appointment. What a power of appointment is, and what it can…

Estate Planning Probate

The 3 Types of Probate in Florida

Good estate planning helps you to avoid probate. That’s where an estate planning attorney comes into play. Probate in Florida is the time-consuming and expensive court process that oversees the…

Probate

You Can’t Take It With You, But It Might Be Portable: Portability and the 706.

A major issue addressed in estate planning is taxes: federal taxes, gift taxes, state taxes, and estate taxes. Tax considerations, with an eye towards minimizing taxes as they apply to…

Estate Planning Probate Wills & Trusts

2 Trusts You May Not Have Heard Of.

Spendthrift trusts. Revocable living trusts. Irrevocable living trusts. Special needs trusts. Charitable trusts. Constructive trusts … You may have heard of these trusts. But there may be some trusts you…

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Probate

If You Are “In Terrorem” of a Will Contest, Can You Include a “No Contest” Clause in Your Florida Will?

Does Florida Have a Small Estate Affidavit?

4 Types of Assets that are Exempt from Probate in Florida

Where the Heck Did I Put It? A Lost or Destroyed Will in Florida.

What Happens if a Decedent Owned Property in Multiple States?

3 Duties Every Personal Representative Must Accomplish to Administer an Estate.

What is a Power of Appointment and What Can it Do?

The 3 Types of Probate in Florida

You Can’t Take It With You, But It Might Be Portable: Portability and the 706.

2 Trusts You May Not Have Heard Of.

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