Category Archives: Wills
How Creating a Durable Power Attorney Can Be More Important Than a Will
While many people realize that it’s a good idea to make final preparations for their estate upon death, unfortunately, many of those same people don’t realize there are plenty of preparations that need to be made to help with their care in the event they become unable to care for themselves. Estate planning attorneys… Read More »
Why You Need to Start Thinking About a Living Will, Even if You’re Only 18
With today’s medical advances, life support can keep a person’s body alive for months, or even years, even if their brain is no longer fully functioning. This can force a person to live incapacitated and in pain for much longer than they wish if they don’t have documentation in place to keep such situations… Read More »
Florida Ready to Implement Electronic Wills
FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT VETOED THE DIGITAL WILLS ACT ON JUNE 26, 2017. We seem to do everything online, even the most important and vital aspects of our daily lives. We can obtain almost any document, manage financial transactions, obtain government identifications, and sign legally binding contracts all with the click of a button…. Read More »
What Happens to Florida Property That Belongs to Those Who Live in Other States?
Florida is a popular vacation area, a popular state for people to own vacation homes and timeshares, and a popular place to visit. As a result, it is common that people who live out of the state may own property located in the state. Those people may have wills, estates, or trust documents that… Read More »
New Case Discusses Difficulties in Revoking a Trust
It seems that wills and trusts go hand in hand. People will often set up both simultaneously, and assuming they are drafted property, both will work in tandem with the other and remain consistent with their intentions. But what if they don’t? What if a will contradicts, or even revokes, a trust? That’s a… Read More »
Human Remains Can Be a Difficult Subject of Estate Disputes
Sometimes the law is ill equipped to deal with some of the most sensitive subjects in life, especially in the area of estate planning and probate, which deals with often painful and sensitive issues. Trying to fit the staid, cold provisions of law into the realities of human interaction can often lead to miserable… Read More »
Muhammad Ali Estate Could Become Contested
As another world famous and world changing superstar passes away, this time Muhammad Ali, yet again come the reports surfacing of estate disputes, what the deceased intended, relatives coming seemingly out of nowhere to make claims, and reminders of how important it is to have an estate plan in place—even if you don’t have… Read More »
Lessons From Prince’s Estate Litigation
As anybody who follows the news knows, the estate of the rock icon Prince continues to be litigated in court, as issues and questions seem to arise regularly. In large part this is because Prince did not have a will nor any estate documents that anybody knows of. The publication Kiplinger recently ran an… Read More »
Prince’s Family Engaged in Difficult Estate Fight
We have often written about the importance of putting a will and other estate documents in writing, and about how doing so not only solidifies your wishes, but can avoid costly and contentious litigation between family members. It just so happens that the unfortunate passing of the music icon Prince is now revealing that… Read More »
New Health Care Surrogate Laws Remind Us How Important Having One Can Be
When we think of estate planning, we tend to think of planning for all of our stuff, and specifically who will get it, how will it be spent, and where will it go. But many people give little thought to planning for disability, or for health problems that may render them unable to tend… Read More »