by Randy Coleman | Apr 4, 2013 | Elder Law, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Probate, Probate Litigation, Trust Litigation, Will Contests, Wills and Probate |
Today’s New York Times contains an article about the death of “Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76.”Barbara Piasecka Johnson, a Polish immigrant who came to America to work as a maid, first worked for J. Seward...
by Randy Coleman | Jul 27, 2012 | Asset Protection, Beneficiary Designations, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Exemption Planning, Life Insurance Protection, Personal Representative, Probate, Probate Litigation, Revocable Living Trusts, Trust Administration, Will Contests, Wills and Probate |
Most people correctly believe that life insurance proceeds are exempt from creditors’ claims in Florida. That is an accurate paraphrasing of Florida Statutes, Section 222.13.Most people incorrectly believe that it makes no difference who is the beneficiary...
by Randy Coleman | Nov 2, 2011 | Beneficiary Designations, Durable Power of Attorney, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Executor, Probate, Probate Litigation, Trust Litigation, Will Contests, Wills and Probate |
Diamonds are forever! Estate planning is not!The travails of the James Brown (Godfather of Soul) estate show just how bad things can get when estate planning documents are not updated when there are changed circumstances. Brown didn’t update his...
by Randy Coleman | Sep 28, 2011 | Elder Law, Estate Planning, Medicaid Planning, Probate, Wills and Probate |
Get Answers to Your Legal Questions at JacksonvilleLaw.TV The Coleman Law Firm Offers Probate, Estate Planning & Asset Protection Help on Video October 3, 2011, Jacksonville, FL – “What happens if I die without a will?” Click it. “How is an estate probated...
by Randy Coleman | Aug 5, 2011 | Advance Directives in Florida, Durable Power of Attorney, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Health Care Power of Attorney, Living Will, Probate, Revocable Living Trusts, Tenancy by the Entireties, Titling of Assets, Wills and Probate |
One of my colleagues who is a member of WealthCounsel recently posted an article explaining why revocable living trusts are not just for the rich. I certainly concur with her sentiments and will emphasize a couple of the points she made.The primary advantage of...
by Randy Coleman | May 23, 2011 | Estate Planning, Probate, Wills and Probate |
A survey recently conducted by the website Rocket Lawyer reveals that 57% of all adults in the US do not have either a will or a trust in place. That’s actually a better result than most surveys previously conducted which show as much as 70% of the adult...
