Oct 15, 2020 | Do Not Resuscitate Orders, Estate Planning, Health Care Surrogate
During the pandemic, this has been a hot topic on the minds of many Floridians. The short answer is “yes”. Here in the state of Florida there are specific requirements. The first are it is has to be on yellow paper. Secondly, at the top of the document, it...
Sep 29, 2020 | Estate Planning, Probate Administration
You’re not personally responsible to pay the bills of your parent or your spouse, when they pass away. You may, however, if you are the personal representative of the estate, be obligated to pay those bills, as part of the administration of the estate. Want to...
Aug 19, 2020 | Estate Planning, Last Will & Testament, Power of Attorney
Surprisingly, yes. You can revoke a will as long as there’s some overt act that shows the intent to revoke the document. I’ve seen it where it’s tearing, where there’s burning, obliterating. You just need to show some kind of overt act to...
Aug 6, 2020 | Estate Planning, FAQs, Trust Administration
Yes, most definitely. This is your money. It’s your property. You can control how the money is going to be left to your heirs. If you want to leave it to them outright, if you want to set it up in percentages over a period of time, if you want to hold it in...
Jul 23, 2020 | Estate Planning, Power of Attorney
Yes, you can name two people to serve as your agent at the same time, they would be co-agents. It’s just a bad idea in application. Say, for example, the first person you name as a co-agent goes into the bank in the morning and says, “Hey. I need you to...
Jun 3, 2020 | Estate Planning
Do you have to have an attorney? No. Do you want to have one? Yes. An attorney’s going to take things and be more in depth with it and handle your specific situation, whereas a paralegal’s just going to fill in the blanks on a form. So you most definitely...
