Florida wills, trusts and estates attorney John Mangan publishes regular videos addressing common questions and concerns. If you would like to ask a question, or if you have any immediate legal concerns, please contact us today!
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April, 2017 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Does Your Estate Plan Need An Annual Checkup? No Will? There’s A Way: Florida Intestate Proceedings Probate & Trust Administration What Is Probate? Advantages And Disadvantages Of Probate Is Probate An Expensive Process? Un … |
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October, 2015 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Does Your Estate Plan Need An Annual Checkup? No Will? There’s A Way: Florida Intestate Proceedings Probate & Trust Administration What Is Probate? Advantages And Disadvantages Of Probate Is Probate An Expensive Process? Un … |
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September, 2015 Well there are many different documents and tools that we use to assist clients in helping to prepare for what happens to a business someday when they pass away or they become incapacitated. For example, we may recommend the use of a buy/sell agreement … |
August, 2015 The first thing I recommend doing is that you contact an attorney who has experience in the area of probate. If your loved one died owning assets in his or her own name those assets will likely have to go through probate. A couple of other things that … |
July, 2015 There are ways of taking care of a child who might have a disability. It’s very important to seek proper legal counsel who has experience in this area before attempting to do so. One of the factors that you want to consider is if you have a child who i … |
June, 2015 There are a few different ways of avoiding probate but in my experience one of the best ways of doing so is through the use of a revocable living trust. When you pass away for assets that are owned within your living trust those assets avoid probate co … |
May, 2015 Probate is the formal settlement process of an estate after someone passes away. Here in Florida for a formal administration, formal probate will typically run five or six months on up to 12 months, can be more just depending. When we take a look at pr … |
April, 2015 When we think about providing protection for minor children there are really two or three different areas that we need to take a look at. The first one is who’s going to take care of the kids? Not just on a long-term basis but on a short-term basis. If … |
March, 2015 Yes, absolutely and that’s a very common concern. We look at the divorce rate today which is north of 50% and if you have a couple of children the odds are, unfortunately, that at least one of them may end up some day in a divorce. There are ways to pr … |
February, 2015 There are ways to provide some strong measures of protection to prevent an adult child from squandering their inheritance. When you think about how an inheritance may be passed on to an adult child there are really two ways of doing so. The simplistic … |
January, 2015 Should you have a living trust? That’s a great question and the answer is it depends, right? The answer is going to be different for everybody and there’s no bright line rule that says if X then living trust and if Y then no living trust but I’ll giv … |
December, 2014 Well the overarching benefit is the ability to really provide for a seamless transition for your family and your loved ones someday when you’re gone or if you’re incapacitated that’s another scenario where a living trust is very useful. Let me break th … |
November, 2014 Your spouse and you both absolutely need separate individual planning. Now that planning may encompass basic wills, it may encompass living trusts along with pour-over wills but absolutely there needs to be separate planning for a husband and wife. Sp … |
October, 2014 Can you create a will by yourself? Sure, in this day in age with the advantages technology provides us almost anyone is capable of going on the Internet and filling out some form. Does that mean that you should do it? Probably not! If I’ve got a cav … |
September, 2014 It’s important that planning be updated on a regular basis. Anytime somebody goes through a major change in their life, for example, a death in the family, a divorce, major change in financial circumstances, planning should always be reviewed at that … |
August, 2014 When you think about who you might want to name as a guardian for your minor children the most important thing is to name somebody whom you trust completely and who shares your values. This is going to be somebody who potentially is raising your childr … |
July, 2014 Well, if you die and you don’t have a will what happens is that you’re probably going to end up having your estate go through what we call probate, which is a process here in Florida that typically takes 6 to 12 months and on average it’s reasonable to … |
