Hey everybody, Andy here. So my question today is who needs estate planning? When you have a child, you have a death in the family unfortunately, maybe one of your relatives passes away and they may have been a beneficiary in your will. Those are the types of things where estate planning is important and…
Read MoreHey everybody, Andy here. So today’s question is what actually is estate planning and then a follow-up question would be why is it so important? Well estate planning, in my opinion, is basically planning for a disaster. Now the disaster might be that you pass away or even worse, or maybe not worse but just…
Read MoreHey everybody, Attorney Andy here. Here’s a question for you. What makes a will valid in the state of Florida? A couple of pointers here. Number one you have to be 18 years of age or older or you can be a minor as long as you were emancipated by the court. Number two, it needs to…
Read MoreHey everybody, Attorney Andy. Here’s a question for you. If I have a pet and I’m a pet lover, by the way if I have a pet and I pass away can I leave money to my pet? And the answer is no, and you want to know why? Because a pet is considered property…
Read MoreHey everybody, Andy here. I have a question for you. What are the “estate planning essential documents”? What are the most important documents to have in the estate plan? There’s lots of documents that are important, but I’m just going to typically name what I feel, this is just my opinion, what I feel are the most…
Read MoreHey everybody, Andy here. So there’s a big misconception out there and I wanted to kind of dismiss that misconception and the issue is only the wealthy need to have estate plans put into place, and that’s not correct. My goal here is to make sure you understand that estate planning is meant for everybody, it’s not…
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