How to Avoid Probate in Florida With Proper Planning
A Miami estate attorney explains how to avoid Florida probate with trusts, beneficiary designations, joint titling, and lady bird deeds.
May 24, 2026
A Miami estate attorney explains how to avoid Florida probate with trusts, beneficiary designations, joint titling, and lady bird deeds.
Unmarried couples in Miami: why FL intestacy ignores partners, and how wills, POAs, trusts, and Lady Bird deeds protect you both.
The essential estate planning documents every Florida adult needs: will, durable power of attorney, healthcare directives, and trusts. A Miami attorney’s guide.
How special needs trusts protect a disabled beneficiary’s Medicaid and SSI in Florida. First-party vs. third-party SNTs, payback rules, and Miami planning tips.
How to include digital assets and online accounts in your Florida estate plan under Chapter 740. A guide for Miami retirees and snowbirds.
Moved to Florida, divorced, or remarried? Learn exactly how to update your estate plan, what Florida law changes, and the deadlines that matter.
How Lady Bird (enhanced life estate) deeds work in Florida, who should use one, and how snowbirds and retirees use them to skip probate on a home.
How a durable power of attorney works under Florida Statutes Chapter 709 — signing rules, agent powers, and what snowbirds and retirees should know.
Miami estate planning Q&A on beneficiary designations: why they override your will under Florida law and the mistakes that derail Miami-Dade estates.
How blended families in Florida can plan estates to protect a current spouse and children from a prior marriage. Trusts, elective share, homestead and more.
How charitable giving and trusts work in a Florida estate plan: CRTs, CLTs, donor-advised funds, and tax strategy for Miami retirees and snowbirds.
Miami parents’ top estate planning questions answered: guardians for kids, Florida homestead, wills under FL law, and protecting young families.
How to fund a revocable living trust correctly in Florida: re-titling homes, accounts, and investments so your Miami estate actually avoids probate.
Avoid the most common Florida estate planning mistakes retirees and snowbirds make, from homestead errors to out-of-state wills. Miami attorney guidance.
How Florida’s 30% elective share protects a surviving spouse, how to plan around it, deadlines, and what snowbird retirees in Miami should know.
How pour-over wills work with a Florida living trust, why snowbirds need both, the Fla. Stat. 732.513 rules, and probate pitfalls to avoid.
Miami Q&A on estate planning for blended families: protect a new spouse and children from a prior marriage under Florida homestead and elective-share law.
Miami Q&A on digital assets in your estate plan: photos, crypto, email, and accounts, and how Florida law lets your fiduciary access them.
How Florida homestead law protects the family home, why deeds and trusts can backfire, and how Miami estate plans keep the house in the family.
Miami is a city built by newcomers. Many of the small businesses that line Brickell, Doral, Sunny Isles, and Little Havana were founded by immigrants
A Florida attorney’s guide to estate planning for snowbirds and dual-state residents: domicile, ancillary probate, trusts, and homestead.
How Florida trust administration works after the grantor dies: trustee duties, the 60-day notice, creditor claims, taxes, and timelines for snowbirds.
A Florida living trust keeps your estate out of public probate records. Learn how privacy works for Miami retirees and snowbirds, plus what it can’t hide.
A Miami estate planning attorney compares Florida revocable living trusts and wills—probate, snowbird issues, costs, and which fits your family.
Worried about Miami probate? A Q&A on Florida tools to skip court: revocable trusts, Lady Bird deeds, beneficiary designations and homestead.
When and why to review your Florida estate plan: key life events, the 3-5 year rule, and snowbird residency issues every Miami retiree should know.
How Florida estate planning protects an inheritance for spendthrift or young heirs using trusts, age staggering, and spendthrift clauses.
A Miami Q&A on Florida special needs trusts: keep Medicaid and SSI eligibility while providing for a loved one with a disability.
When do irrevocable trusts make sense in Florida? A Miami estate attorney explains the tax, creditor, and Medicaid trade-offs for retirees and snowbirds.
A Miami Q&A on estate tax: Florida has no estate or inheritance tax, but the federal estate tax and portability still matter for some families.
