The eternal question of who gets your stuff can be answered pretty quickly and easily. For instance, if you have a will, it is essentially a set of instructions for how your property is to be distributed.But what happens if you die without a will? In the event you die...
Let’s say you have recently relocated to Brevard County. You’ve left behind the snow and the sleet of your former home up north and you’re looking forward to enjoying your days of sunshine and sand in your new home here in Florida.While you’re busy unpacking your...
Many of our regular Brevard County readers are also readers of the Orlando Sentinel. The newspaper recently ran a short advice column on how Florida residents can pass real estate on to their heirs.The estate planning attorney who responded to a reader’s question...
If you have not started the estate planning process, it is probably past time to check that off your to-do list. Whether you own a home in Cocoa or you are renting an apartment, an estate plan can benefit you. In reality, you do not need to possess high-value assests...
Spring break has come and gone for most Florida college students. But another annual rite is upon those who wish to become Florida college students: opening the letters of acceptance (or rejection) for high school seniors.While most of those young people are focused...
As a parent, you likely love all your children equally and want that to be reflected in their inheritances. After all, one of the biggest fears that most people have when estate planning is unintentionally creating family conflict. Passing along assets in unequal...
During his 70 years, Muddy Waters was known for pioneering an electric form of the blues that influenced generations of musicians, including seminal rock icons Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. The blues legend left an untouchable musical legacy, but...
Trusts are great for protecting your assets and making sure beneficiaries get what you'd like them to have from your estate. Trusts can protect your estate from high taxes and provide other benefits as well.There are many kinds of trusts that you could look into...
Most Americans believe in an afterlife – a life after death. But “thinking beyond death” doesn’t refer to heaven or hell, it refers to estate plans that include more than distribution of your assets to your loved ones when you pass on. It refers to a plan that takes...
If you drive northwest of Cocoa for about 160 miles, you’ll come to Tom Petty’s Florida birthplace. The legendary rocker was born in Gainesville back in 1950 and died a year and a half ago in his Los Angeles home of an accidental drug overdose.According to recent news...