Short answer: Often, yes, if the person is a qualifying relative. Florida Statutes § 733.304 lets certain nonresidents serve as personal representative, including adopted or blood relatives in
Short answer: Divorce does not revoke your whole Florida will or trust. Under §§ 732.507(2) and 736.1105(2), provisions affecting the former spouse generally become void, as if that
Short answer: Generally, no. Florida Statutes § 732.201 and § 732.2065 give a surviving spouse the right to elect 30% of the deceased spouse’s elective estate. That estate
Adding an adult child as a joint owner can hand them the entire account at your death, regardless of your will. Here’s what Florida parents should consider instead.
Florida law can limit who receives your homestead if a spouse or minor child survives, even when a will or trust says otherwise. Here’s what families should understand.
Signing a revocable trust does not automatically place assets into it. If ownership and beneficiary arrangements are never coordinated with the trust, the family may still face probate and an administration very different from what the client intended.
Florida homestead can often be titled in a revocable trust, but the decision should account for constitutional homestead protections, devise restrictions, creditor issues, property-tax treatment, and how the trust is drafted.
A spouse, child, or trusted relative does not automatically have authority to manage another adult’s financial affairs. A Florida durable power of attorney can become a critical part of an incapacity plan—but what the document actually authorizes matters.
A Last Will and Testament is an important part of an estate plan, but a will alone may not address incapacity, probate, beneficiary designations, or other important planning considerations.
