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A reverse mortgage balance comes due when the borrower dies, which makes it a probate issue. We take on four common misconceptions about what happens to the surviving spouse, the heirs and the home.
LGBT couples and families face unique challenges in the probate process.
Florida presumes a lost will was revoked. Learn what counts as a correct copy, who qualifies as a disinterested witness, and how an interested person can establish a lost will for probate.
Florida deed fraud explained: how a forged deed differs from one induced by fraud, why forgeries are void from the start, and what rescission, damages, and title insurance can recover for a buyer.
Testamentary capacity is the sound mind a person must have to make a valid will or trust. This article explains the Florida standard, how capacity is challenged, and how it applies to other estate planning tools.
Probate in Florida is time-consuming, expensive and public. Revocable living trusts, joint ownership and payable-on-death accounts are all ways to pass assets to your beneficiaries without going through it.
Both are corporations offering limited liability, but they differ on taxation, formation and ownership. C corps face double taxation and unlimited shareholders; S corps pass income through and cap owners at 100.
Trademarks sit on a continuum from generic to arbitrary. Descriptive marks are weak and hard to register, so a suggestive or arbitrary mark gives the brand you built far stronger protection.
A power of attorney lets someone you trust handle financial matters when you cannot. Answers to common questions about the types available, what an agent can and cannot do, and who is eligible to serve.
Survivorship life insurance pays out only after both policyholders die, offering larger death benefits at lower premiums and bypassing probate. Learn when it fits an estate plan and when it does not.
