Monthly Archives: July 2021
When Your Estate Contains Historically Significant Items
Making plans for non-monetary components of your estate often involves appraising their resale value, as well as the challenging task of thinking objectively about how much sentimental value the property will hold for members of your family. Some people hold onto family heirloom personal items for decades with the understanding that junk eventually turns… Read More »
Student Debt And Your Estate Plan
As going to college has become an expectation for a greater and greater number of young adults, student debt has become almost universal after those students graduate or decide, without making it all the way to graduation, that paying for college will do them more harm than good in the long run. If you… Read More »
Estate Planning Steps That LGBTQ+ Families Can’t Afford Not To Take
When a resident of Florida dies without a will, the person’s spouse, children, or siblings may inherit the estate, depending on your marital status and on which relatives are still living. The trouble is that estate law’s definition of a marriage and of parent-child relationships is somewhat narrower than the lived experiences of many… Read More »
The Case for Retiring Sooner Rather Than Later
Memory loss is one of the scariest things that can happen to a person. Fear of dementia, or at least, acknowledging that it can happen to anyone, motivates some people to be proactive about estate planning while causing others to avoid it, just so they do not have to confront their fear. The desire… Read More »