As a Florida Estate Planning Attorney, I often get involved in planning for Disabled Florida Adults and Children. Often these individuals are receiving government benefits or expect to receive the in the future due to a physical or mental illness or disability. In some cases clients expect their spouse to…
As a Jacksonville Estate Planning Lawyer, I often get asked about picking a Florida Guardian for a child in the even that the parents were to die before the child becomes an adult. There are two types of guardians one should consider to take care of their children. There is…
As a Jacksonville Estate Planning Attorney, I wanted to share with you and your family an important planning idea on he use of Powers of Attorney and Health Care Surrogate forms for college students and adult family members that are under 30 years of age. These documents are recommended because…
Jacksonville Business and Estate Planning Attorney, David Goldman Found a great article How To Prepare For Mediation: The Mediator’s Check List Of Key Legal And Factual Issues by David Laufer. This article and the checklist below can be used in Florida Business Law, Florida Probate Law, Florida Guardianship Law, and…
Florida Estate Planning Lawyers often include Durable Power of Attorney documents in the estate planning they do. Today I read an article on the California Estate Planning Blog entitled “Do I Need A POA Over My Spouse?”. The article recommends that everyone needs a power of attorney over their spouse…
Some Florida Estate Planning Lawyers are now providing documents for college age kids as part of their parents estate planning. A valid Health Care Proxy or Designation of Health Care Surrogate, or Medical Power of Attorney and a Durable Power of Attorney are important documents to have for your adult…
In Jacksonville Florida and other Florida counties, your Florida Guardianship Attorney will help the ward present information to court. The court has the option to appoint any person who is qualified to act as a guardian. Florida Statutes, Section 744.312 requires the court to give preference to any person who…
Right after the petition to determine incapacity, a petition to appoint a guardian is usually heard by the Florida Court. This process can vary from one city like Jacksonville to one in another area of Florida where it might happen a few days later. The appointment of a qualified guardian…
In Jacksonville Florida and other areas of the estate Florida Estate Planning Lawyers and Florida Guardianship Lawyers use advance directives including Durable powers of Attorney and Designation of health care surrogates to limit the need for Florida plenary or limited guardianship. Prior to the appointment of a Florida Guardian, the…
The adjudicatory hearing is closed and only the examining committee members, the petitioner and his or her Florida Guardianship Attorney, the Alleged Incapacitated Person (AIP) and his or her Florida Guardianship Lawyer have the right to be present. The AIP has an absolute right to attend and must be present…