Which would your family rather do: spend the day at Cocoa Riverfront Park or discuss estate planning? Tour the Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science or discuss the inevitability of mortality? The answers are probably pretty obvious – we would all prefer entertaining distractions to discussions of what will happen when you are gone.
E-wills make sense for a select few
Starting next year, you will be able to create and sign a Florida will online and then store it in the cloud. While it is certainly going to be more convenient to create a will online while you’re at home, the real question is whether or not an electronic will is right for you and your family.
How to choose an executor of your will
When estate planning, you have to answer many questions about what will happen upon your death. It's never easy, but when you address concerns now it will make things easier on your loved ones in the future.
Life lesson learned with a bride in ER
Because we regularly share information here in our Brevard County legal blog about estate planning, probate, wills, trusts, asset protection and related topics, we know full well the challenges of not only making those subjects interesting, but in making people comfortable with the idea of planning for what will happen after they die.
What is Florida probate litigation?
Probate is the legal process in which your property is distributed after your death. Your estate executor (the person you designated to manage your estate) will typically initiate the process of legally transferring your assets to beneficiaries after a Florida probate court has validated your will.
What are your options in probate if your spouse disinherited you?
Although divorce is more common now than it was in previous generations, some people still really mean it when they say "until death do us part." There are couples out there who will remain married indefinitely even though they have a lasting antipathy toward one another.
