Showing Your Family You Love Them Through Estate Planning

Showing Your Family You Love Them Through Estate Planning

Are you wondering how to show your family you love them during the month of February, and especially on Valentine’s Day? Everyday you say and do things that tell your family you love them, but are you thinking about their future and yours as well?  As you think of your future and your family’s future, there is a way you can show your family how much you love them. How about making a strong statement of love and concern for your family with a...
How to help your Senior Loved Ones avoid being Scammed!

How to help your Senior Loved Ones avoid being Scammed!

Do you have senior loved ones in your family? Do they regularly use and enjoy the internet? As you begin to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your loved ones, are you including your senior loved ones?  Valentine’s Day may be especially lonely for your senior loved ones if any of them are recently widowed or had to move to assisted living or a nursing home. Be sure to reach out to your senior loved ones with love, care and conversation during...
Making Plans In the New Year? Consider a Trust in Your Estate Plan

Making Plans In the New Year? Consider a Trust in Your Estate Plan

Thinking about adding a trust to your Florida estate plan? As you make your plans for the new year, you should meet with your Florida estate planning attorney and consider a trust.  Are you aware that a trust is an estate planning tool created for the management of assets, both during your life and after your death? In addition, there is not just one type of trust, but several used in estate planning. In regard to this blog and in order to make...
Helping Your Aging Parents with Preparing a Power of a Attorney Now

Helping Your Aging Parents with Preparing a Power of a Attorney Now

Did you enjoy visiting your parents at the beginning of the holiday season? Do you feel with each passing year that they are becoming more dependent on external assistance? Are you ready for what may face them in the future? Do you know if they have a power of attorney? What about who is listed on it? Although it may be difficult, it is important for you and your parents to have a conversation about their wishes for now and in the future and...
Will Children Need to Pay a Parent’s Nursing Home Bill?

Will Children Need to Pay a Parent’s Nursing Home Bill?

Are you the adult child of senior parents? Do you know if your parents have completed their Florida estate plan? Do you know if they have talked with a Florida elder law attorney about long-term care planning? Long-term care planning is important and may have an affect on you, as the adult child of your senior parents. Let us tell you why. Have you ever heard of the term, filial responsibility? Filial responsibility refers to an adult child’s...