Estate Planning For Parents
Few groups have more need of estate planning than parents. Without a plan, parents will have no say to whom their children go in the event the unthinkable happens. Furthermore, […]
Living Wills
Livings Wills in Sarasota Of all the documents included in an estate plan, perhaps none is as important as your living will. Unless you are a judge, this is probably […]
Probate & Probate Avoidance
When an individual dies in Florida or while owning real property in Florida, probate is the procedure used to transfer his or her assets to the proper heirs. Some assets […]
Creditors’ Claims
One of the primary purposes of Probate is to ensure creditors of the deceased individual (“decedent”) have an opportunity to make a claim against the estate. The Personal Representative (“PR”) […]
Guardianship For Minors
One of the most important benefits to parents in estate planning is it allows them to name who their children would go to if they were to pass away. Who […]
Guardianship And Guardianship Avoidance
With proper planning, guardianship for adults is, for the most part, avoidable. The purpose of guardianship is to allow a third person to act on behalf of an individual that […]
Corporations
Corporations are one of the most commonly used business entities in the world. Properly set up, corporations limit the liability of the owners (or shareholders) to their investment in the […]
Limited Liability Companies
Limited liability companies, or LLCs, are one of the most versatile business entities available to business owners today. Like corporations, they provide limited liability to the owners. However, they can […]
Legal And Binding Contracts
Contracts are agreements between persons or legal entities in which one party agrees to perform a service or provide a good in exchange for the payment of money or other […]
Buying A Home
Buying a home may be the biggest single investment of your lifetime. Your life’s savings may be invested in this one venture. Thus, it is extremely important that you, the […]
Debtors’ Rights in Florida
You can’t go to jail for failing to pay a debt or a judgment. If you do not pay a debt or if a judgment is entered against you, this […]
Divorce In Florida
CAN YOUR MARRIAGE BE SAVED? Before you take any legal steps to end your marriage, you should make sure that you have tried all possible ways to save it. Do […]
Advance Directives
Advance Directives are documents that allow you to name others to exercise your rights if you are ever temporarily or permanently disabled or incapacitated. They allow you to remain in […]
The Immediacy of Life
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 […]
Gratitude of a Veteran
Another Veterans’ Day is upon us. And as a veteran, I feel the outpouring of gratitude from my fellow Americans, and I too am grateful for my fellow veterans especially […]
Congress Makes 5 Million Dollar Estate Tax Exemption Permanent
Congress worked through the Holidays to avert the looming fiscal cliff. The result was the American Taxpayer Relief Act (“ATRA” for short). The impact on Estate & Gift Taxes was […]
Estate Tax Exemption To Drop To 1 Mil At End Of Year
As Yogi Berra once said, “it’s déjà vu all over again.” Just like the end of 2010, the tax relief act is due to sunset at the end of this […]
Top 5 Reasons To Not Plan Your Estate
An unofficial tribute to David Letterman’s top 10 lists, and my feeble attempt at humor. Top 5 Reasons To Not Plan Your Estate 3% of everything I own sounds like […]
New Law for Florida Powers of Attorney
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 […]
Gift Tax Alive In 2010
The estate tax may have been repealed in 2010, but the gift tax is still in full effect. The gift tax works in conjunction with the estate tax to limit […]