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In some families, fighting seems to be the way that siblings relate to one another. If your children have squabbled their entire lives, you likely wish for nothing more than their happiness and to see them have a positive relationship. You probably hate the idea that...
Estate Planning
Should you write a will when you retire?
You’ve worked for your money for a long time. Now you’re getting close to retirement age, and you’re starting to wonder what will happen to that money when you pass away. Is it time to write a will? ideally, you will already have a will in place that may only need...
What is a financial power of attorney?
A person who’s creating their estate plan has a variety of decisions to make. One of these is who will take care of their finances if something happens to them. While some people may not think much about this, others opt to take the proactive approach and name a...
Can Planning To Avoid Probate Help My Family?
After someone dies, their loved ones go through a lot, emotionally, mentally and even physically. The grieving process is difficult and when legal issues come into play, this time can be even harder. The court-supervised process of distributing and overseeing a...
New Year’s resolutions for your estate plans
New Year’s resolutions are an American tradition -- and there is, after all, something refreshing and optimistic about the start of a new year with a blank calendar ahead. If you’re thinking about the resolutions you want to make this year, we have one suggestion:...
Don’t put off writing your will: Here’s why
Most people put off writing their wills. There are plenty of surveys showing, for instance, that most Americans don’t have a will or that doing estate planning is even becoming less common. While everyone has their own reasons for procrastinating, from feeling...
Comprehensive estate planning is crucial if you have foreign assets
If you’ve been putting off developing your estate plan because you own property or other assets in another country, you aren’t alone. Actually, the more complex your assets are, the more important it is to begin your estate planning while you’re still relatively young...
5 times when you should update your estate plan
An estate plan is a critical tool that every Florida adult should have. It provides protection, direction and closure for the person creating it and those affected by it. And while it is critical to create an estate plan, it can be equally important to review and...
Should you consider a revocable living trust?
There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to estate planning. The path you go down depends largely on your personal and financial circumstances, as well as what you hope to accomplish in the future. It makes sense for everyone to at least consider adding a revocable...
Thinking about disinheriting a child? Tread carefully
The standard estate plan leaves the deceased's assets to their spouse (if still alive) and the deceased's children. However, life is rarely as simple as this suggests. Parent-child relationships can be difficult. As much as we do not like to admit it, there are...