by Randy Coleman | Jan 12, 2020 | Beneficiary Designations, Estate Planning, Estate Planning Lawyer, Income Taxes, Individual Retirement Accounts, IRAs, Retirement Accounts, Retirement Planning, Revocable Living Trusts, ROTH IRAs, Stand Alone Retirement Account Trusts |
Why You Need to Act Now to Protect 1/3 of Your Retirement Accounts and Avoid the Negative Impact of the Secure Act! The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (from now on the “Secure Act”) became law effective January 1, 2020. You can’t change...
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 | Feb 14, 2019 | Disability Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Estate Planning, Health Care Power of Attorney, HIPAA, No Will, Retirement Accounts, Retirement Planning, Revocable Living Trusts, Stand Alone Retirement Account Trusts, Trusts, Wills & Trusts Law |
There are several reasons why you should update your trust or perhaps your entire estate plan. While estate planning documents do not necessarily have a shelf life, they may not fulfill your goals when your circumstances change. You cannot avoid the need to update...
by Randy Coleman | Aug 31, 2018 | Asset Protection, Disability Planning, Estate Planning, estate tax, Estate Taxes, No Will, Probate, Probate Law, Revocable Living Trusts, Wills and Probate |
According to court documents, legendary singer Aretha Franklin did not have a will when she died, despite reportedly having a son with special needs. The lack of a will opens up the intensely private singer’s estate to public scrutiny and unnecessary costs, and means...
by Randy Coleman | Apr 15, 2018 | Estate Planning, Pet Trusts, Probate, Revocable Living Trusts, Trustee, Trusts |
Estate planning is about protecting what’s important to you. Although much of the traditional estate planning conversation focus on surviving spouses, children, grandchildren, many pet parents wonder about what could happen to their “feathered children” after their...
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...
