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In order to apply for Medicaid, you will need a current copy of your Social Security Verification Letter to confirm your gross benefit amount. These are sent to you in the mail each year. If you [...]

The recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides for a direct payment of up to $1,200.00 to most taxpayers.  As the IRS begins to send out these payments, [...]

A codicil is a document that supplements a Will that has already been created and is an estate planning tool that allows provisions to be made to said Will. People generally create a codicil to [...]

A deathbed Will is one developed and executed when the individual creating the Will is facing imminent death. A deathbed Will may be created if someone experiences a rapid decline in health, [...]

Essentially, a Will caveat is an objection to a Will. A Will caveat provides an individual with the ability to present evidence that some aspect of a Will makes it legally invalid. Once the [...]

A voluntary guardianship may be established for a competent adult if they feel that they are incapable of managing their own estate due to age or physical limitation and voluntarily petition for [...]

As of May 2017, the Florida Senate has voted to put a proposal on next year’s ballot that will increase the Florida homestead property tax exemption from its current value of $50,000 to a value [...]

The Florida homestead exemption is an asset protection tool implemented to protect homestead property. Your Florida homestead will be designated to procure certain exemptions from real estate [...]

Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. In Florida, with the growing senior population, elder abuse is an extremely prevalent social issue. Elder abuse can manifest itself in many forms, [...]

Estoppel is the legal principle that prevents an individual from making assertions that are contradictory to their previous statements before the court or are contradictory to what has legally [...]