Health Care Surrogates and Advance Directives in Miami, FL
Miami Q&A on Florida advance directives: health care surrogate, living will, and how Chapter 765 lets you decide care before a crisis.
July 3, 2025
Miami Q&A on Florida advance directives: health care surrogate, living will, and how Chapter 765 lets you decide care before a crisis.
Avoid the most common Florida estate planning mistakes retirees and snowbirds make, from homestead errors to out-of-state wills. Miami attorney guidance.
Miami Q&A on digital assets in your estate plan: photos, crypto, email, and accounts, and how Florida law lets your fiduciary access them.
Miami parents’ top estate planning questions answered: guardians for kids, Florida homestead, wills under FL law, and protecting young families.
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
When do irrevocable trusts make sense in Florida? A Miami estate attorney explains the tax, creditor, and Medicaid trade-offs for retirees and snowbirds.
Snowbirds with a Miami home: answers on FL residency, homestead, avoiding dual probate, and why Florida law favors your estate plan.
Moved to Florida, divorced, or remarried? Learn exactly how to update your estate plan, what Florida law changes, and the deadlines that matter.
Miami Q&A on charitable giving in your estate plan: bequests, beneficiary gifts, and trusts under Florida law, with no state estate tax to navigate.
Joint ownership with survivorship can wreck a Florida estate plan. A Miami attorney explains the pitfalls for retirees and snowbirds, and how to avoid them.
A Miami Q&A on gifting to reduce federal estate tax: annual exclusion, education and medical gifts, and giving while honoring Florida homestead.
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.
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.
The essential estate planning documents every Florida adult needs: will, durable power of attorney, healthcare directives, and trusts. A Miami attorney’s guide.
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.
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 fund a revocable living trust correctly in Florida: re-titling homes, accounts, and investments so your Miami estate actually avoids probate.
Single in Miami? Answers on who inherits without a will, FL intestacy, durable POA, health surrogate, and protecting your wishes.
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.
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.
Miami business owners: answers on succession, FL revocable trusts, durable POA, probate avoidance, and keeping your company running.
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.
Florida incapacity planning explained for retirees and snowbirds: durable power of attorney, health care surrogate, living will, and avoiding guardianship.
How Florida law treats second marriages, prenups, the elective share and homestead—plus how snowbirds coordinate estate plans so both spouses and kids are protected.
A Miami estate planning attorney compares Florida revocable living trusts and wills—probate, snowbird issues, costs, and which fits your family.
How Florida trust administration works after the grantor dies: trustee duties, the 60-day notice, creditor claims, taxes, and timelines for snowbirds.
A Miami estate attorney explains how to avoid Florida probate with trusts, beneficiary designations, joint titling, and lady bird deeds.
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 to designate a health care surrogate and create a living will in Florida under Chapter 765 — built for Miami retirees and seasonal snowbird residents.
