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 | Mar 18, 2018 | Asset Protection, Beneficiary Designations, Discretionary Trusts, Estate Planning, Florida Asset Protection, Guardian of a minor child, Guardianship, Irrevocable Trusts, Revocable Living Trusts, Spendthrift Trusts, Wills & Trusts Law |
Most parents want to make sure their children are provided for in the event something happens to them while the children are still minors. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and good friends sometimes want to leave gifts to beloved young children too. Unfortunately, good...
by Randy Coleman | May 26, 2017 | Disability Planning, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Planning, estate tax, Guardianship, Living Will, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Nursing Homes, Retirement Planning, Special Needs Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
A new book suggests that estate planning and elder care and a loved one’s death are especially important for today’s complex modern families. In Homeward Bound: Modern Families, Elder Care, and Loss, the authors contend that the current approach to estate...
by Randy Coleman | Mar 23, 2017 | Advance Directives in Florida, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Guardian of a minor child, Guardianship |
We know it’s hard. Thinking about someone else raising your children stops us all in our tracks. It feels crushing and too horrific to consider. But you must. If you don’t, a stranger will determine who raises your children if something happens to you – your...
by Randy Coleman | May 22, 2016 | Beneficiary Designations, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Individual Retirement Accounts, Irrevocable Trusts, Life Estates, No Will, Probate, Retirement Accounts, Revocable Living Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
What Are Beneficiary Designations or Transfer on Death Designations? Many people use beneficiary designations as an alternative to doing proper estate planning. Why not? It’s quick and easy! It avoids probate! It allows you to rest easy that you have provided...
by Randy Coleman | Jan 6, 2016 | Elder Care, Guardianship, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning |
Importance of Careful Long Term Care Planning The Florida Second District Court of Appeal, this past November (2015), ruled that the court appointed guardian of a Medicaid beneficiary receiving nursing home benefits may not deduct a guardianship fee from the Medicaid...
