Advance Directives

As a wills and trusts attorney, I feel a strong obligation to keep my conversations lite. The topics of my practice are such that the conversations are necessarily serious, so I often try to counteract that with humor and banality. However, sometimes we are faced with reality in such a way that it is evident…

The Florida Statutes regarding Powers of Attorney were amended as of October of last year.  While Powers of Attorney executed prior to this change remain in effect, there is a concern about the manner in which financial institutions will continue to honor older Powers of Attorney. By law third parties are required to accept these older Powers of Attorney,…