by Randy Coleman | Nov 24, 2019 | Advance Directives in Florida, Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Buy-Sell Agreements, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Disability Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Estate Planning, Estate Planning Lawyer, Family Business, Guardianship, Health Care Power of Attorney, HIPAA, Intestacy, Living Will, Medicaid Planning, Nursing Homes, Premarital Agreements, Probate, Probate Lawyer in Florida, Revocable Living Trusts, Trust Administration, Trusts, Wills & Trusts Law |
People often ask us: “When is the best time for estate planning?” The best answer to that question is: Before you die, or become incapacitated! If you can tell me when you are going to die, I can tell you the ideal time to engage in the art and science of...
by Randy Coleman | Apr 11, 2019 | Annuities, Asset Protection, Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Buy-Sell Agreements, Charging Order Protection, Corporations, Discretionary Trusts, Domestic Asset Protection Trusts, Estate Planning, Exemption Planning, Family Limited Partnership, Florida Asset Protection, Irrevocable Trusts, Limited Liability Companies, Physicians and Asset Protection, Premises Liability, Retirement Accounts, ROTH IRAs, Spendthrift Trusts, Tenancy by the Entireties, Titling of Assets, Trusts |
These three asset protection tips can help physicians, business owners, and other professionals protect their assets from various types of creditors. Whether you are a physician or not, you probably know that the practice of medicine is a profession fraught...
by Randy Coleman | Jun 8, 2017 | Asset Protection, Business Succession Planning, Buy-Sell Agreements, Charging Order Protection, Discretionary Trusts, Estate Planning, Family Limited Partnership, Florida Asset Protection, Limited Liability Companies, Premarital Agreements |
Parents who develop an estate plan often do so to provide for their heirs financially. They, like you, want to protect your child’s inheritance from an untrustworthy spouse. Many want to make sure hard-earned assets, family heirlooms, or closely held businesses...
by Randy Coleman | Nov 4, 2012 | Asset Protection, Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Estate Planning, estate tax, Estate Taxes, Exemption Planning, Family Business, Gift Tax, Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Irrevocable Trusts, Premarital Agreements, Revocable Living Trusts, Small Business Law, Trustee, Wills and Probate |
We have discussed the 2012 tax-saving opportunity quite a bit here lately. You can read previous posts here and here. This article continues our conversation by providing our clients and readers a number of factors to consider when deciding whether to gift or not to...
by Randy Coleman | Aug 24, 2012 | Asset Protection, Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Corporate Compliance, Corporations, Family Business, Income Taxes, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Life Insurance Protection, Small Business Law |
What happens when a company loses its top salesperson to a tragic accident? Imagine that the salesperson drove 40 percent of the company’s million-dollar-a-month revenue. Can the remaining, less experienced sales staff compensate for the loss? Do the...
by Randy Coleman | Jul 10, 2012 | Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Buy-Sell Agreements, Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Family Limited Partnership |
I hold a special place in my heart for the family farm. My paternal and maternal grandparents were farmers. Their fields of peanuts, soybeans, tobacco, corn, and livestock fed our family and many others in South Alabama and the Florida panhandle. Like many of you,...
