A conservation easement is a legal agreement that protects land by limiting the potential uses of the land. Easements allow landowners to maintain many of their private property rights and [...]
Advance directives are documents that spell out your medical wishes for end-of-life care. Advance directives include living wills and the appointment of healthcare surrogates. As you get older it [...]
While it is common for people to put valuable assets in their living trusts, there is a long list of property that is usually excluded from trusts. Property of Little Value Property of [...]
Unlike a testamentary trust, which is set up in a will and takes effect after someone’s death, a living trust is established and funded during one’s lifetime. A revocable trust can also be [...]
Instead of coming up with a strategy for caregiving arrangements right after an emergency room visit or life-threatening event, it is good for families to meet early during a time when everyone [...]
Transferring one’s assets prior to applying for Medicaid can create several problems. The government does not want individuals transferring all of their assets to children and relatives in order [...]
Senate Bill 494, also known as the Florida Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, took effect July 1, 2016. The act allows fiduciaries to manage digital assets and communications in the same way [...]
In the last blog, we discussed the issue of financial institutions refusing to honor powers of attorney and making clients sign their own institutions’ legal forms. In order to prevent this from [...]
In a recent New York Times article titled “Finding Out Your Power of Attorney Is Powerless,” the author discusses an issue that frustrates families and elder law attorneys alike —financial [...]
For individuals who believe they have a right to die on their own terms, there are certain ways to set up end-of-life documents to reflect your wishes and values. Despite being a resident in [...]
