There are many important matters addressed by a will, and this valuable legal document can provide peace of mind when planning for the future. One important consideration that you may not have thought about is nominating a personal representative to administer your estate.
Who Can Be a Personal Representative?
The judge overseeing probate proceedings will appoint a […]
As an estate planning attorney, France Law receives many questions regarding the creation and administration of wills in Florida. Each state has the latitude to establish various laws regarding the form that wills can take and the process to make them a legally binding document.
Here are five fast facts regarding wills in Florida.
A person desiring […]
Have you ever dreamed of owning your own business in the Sunshine State? The freedom and flexibility are attractive to many would-be entrepreneurs and business moguls. What isn’t as attractive is the legal legwork necessary to become a bona fide business. The difference between choosing one corporate structure versus another may be only a variance […]
Last week, we defined the concept of probate. Essentially, probate is administration of assets. This administration takes two forms in the state of Florida – formal administration and summary administration.
Summary administration of assets is available under certain conditions, such as when the estate’s value is less than $75,000 or if the deceased has been dead […]
What’s scarier than receiving a notice from the IRS in the mail? For many Americans, it’s a phone call from Uncle Sam himself. The reason this is such a concern is that phone calls are NOT the means by which the IRS contacts tax payers. Imposters make such phone calls as part of a scam you […]
