Do I Need an Attorney to Draft My Will?: Coral Springs Estate Planning Attorney Gives Free Advice for Floridians In the state of Florida, you are not legally required to have an attorney draft your will. Your will doesn’t need to be prepared, or even reviewed by an attorney for it to be valid. There…
Read MoreIf your will is considered invalid and void by the courts when you pass away, then the State of Florida will tell you how your assets would be divided! That is right, you lose complete control of how your assets get passed on upon your death in this situation. It is called dying “Intestate”. What…
Read MoreOne of the main benefits of a “beneficiary form” is that upon your death, it will avoid the court process called “Probate”. However, what happens if you did not name anyone on your beneficiary form? Unfortunately, if that were to happen then the asset will go to the “estate”. Which means that the asset will…
Read MoreIt depends! If your only assets are ones that have beneficiary forms to them (such as IRA, 401(k)s, life insurance, etc.), then there most likely will not be probate in Florida. However, if your assets do not have a beneficiary form to it and it is titled in your name alone, then when you pass…
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