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 | Apr 17, 2017 | Advance Directives in Florida, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Disability Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Health Care Power of Attorney, Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship, Living Will, Long Term Care, Probate, Probate Law, Revocable Living Trusts, Trustee, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
No one wants unnecessary court involvement in their life. But without careful and proactive estate planning, chances are that some aspect of your estate will end up being decided there. With proper planning, you can avoid probate and a living probate. Here are two of...
by Randy Coleman | Jan 6, 2017 | Advance Directives in Florida, Beneficiary Designations, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Disability Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Health Care Power of Attorney, Intestacy, Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship, Living Will, No Will, Personal Representative, Probate, Probate Law, Revocable Living Trusts, Tenancy by the Entireties, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
The beginning of a new year is a good time to take a look at your estate plan to make sure it is up to date. Less than half of people in the US actually have any estate planning documents in place and many of those people may have outdated documents. Documents that...
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 | Apr 29, 2016 | Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Intestacy, No Will, Probate, Probate Law, Probate Litigation, Will Contests, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
The famed recording artist Prince died leaving an unknown fortune and possibly no will or estate plan to dictate what to do with that fortune. Prince’s sister, Tyka Nelson, told the probate court in the Minnesota county where Prince lived that her brother did...
by Randy Coleman | Mar 7, 2016 | Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Executor, Probate, Probate Law, Titling of Assets, Trust Administration, Trustee, Trusts, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
Most people understand that having some sort of an estate plan is, as Martha Stewart would say, a “good thing.” However, many of us don’t take the steps to get that estate plan in place because we don’t understand the nuances between wills, trusts & dying...
