She knew how to play the part of a stylish woman of wealth and sophistication. That is likely because Dina Merrill lived the role onscreen and off. The actress who died a few days ago at age 93 was known for a lithe elegance that befitted a career that spanned 5...
If you are the executor or personal representative of your mother's estate, you're probably dealing with a lot of legal responsibilities that you've never encountered before. These responsibilities can be overwhelming and stress-inducing. After all, you want to...
Let's say your father named you as the executor of his estate. Initially, you felt honored, but you've been looking over the estate paperwork, and now you're terrified. This is a lot of work. Your father's estate is complicated, he has a lot of assets to organize, and...
Regular readers of our Brevard County legal blog know that it is important to us to help people do what they can to minimize uncertainty and to secure the future for their families. We understand that few people are eager sit down and plan their estate, but we also...
We create estate plans to express our wishes for how our personal property should be distributed when we pass. This also includes making sure that the people we care for will be taken care of if we are no longer able to. For special needs children and people who...
We all went through it about a month ago: organizing and presenting financial documents to the federal government (aka filing our income tax returns). Another step in getting financially organized is to sit down with an estate planning attorney to put together a...
Pets are much more furry companions. They are our loyal friends, sometimes our guides and sometimes our protectors, but always true and always there to cheer us. So it is no wonder that many Brevard County residents want to take care of their pets in their estate...
For more than a decade, the Ask Amy column by Amy Dickinson has dispensed advice to newspaper readers across the country. No doubt many Cocoa residents enjoy the column in the Orlando Sentinel.A recent letter to the column was about how a family member’s reluctance to...
You suspected that your mother didn't have a will on file, but you were too shy to ask her about her estate planning. Now that she has passed away, you need to sort through her estate without a will to provide guidance.The state of Florida has what are called...
Regular readers of our Brevard County legal blog know that everyone has to be aware that there are some people are simply unscrupulous. Even though they might sound like honest business owners while they're on the phone, that is too often a glib facade meant to lure...