Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples in Miami: A Protection Checklist
Florida gives unmarried partners no automatic rights. A Miami checklist on wills, POA, surrogates, and titling to protect each other.
November 1, 2025
Florida gives unmarried partners no automatic rights. A Miami checklist on wills, POA, surrogates, and titling to protect each other.
How to designate a health care surrogate and create a living will in Florida under Chapter 765 — built for physicians and professionals protecting their estates.
How Florida’s durable power of attorney works under Chapter 709: signing rules, superpowers, and what physicians and professionals should know.
A Florida attorney’s guide to estate planning for snowbirds and dual-state residents: domicile, homestead, probate, and protecting your estate.
Support Miami causes and pass on values with smart charitable giving. A Florida checklist of tools, from bequests to charitable trusts.
Marriage, divorce, or a baby in Miami? A Florida-law checklist for updating wills, beneficiaries, POA, and surrogates after major life changes.
Miami is built by people who came from somewhere else. Many of our clients arrived on a visa, became permanent residents, and are now somewhere
How pour-over wills work with a Florida living trust, what they catch, and why physicians and professionals in Miami still need probate planning.
How a Florida special needs trust protects a disabled beneficiary’s SSI and Medicaid while funding a better life. Types, rules, and pitfalls explained.
Split time between Miami and up north? A checklist on Florida domicile, ancillary probate, homestead, and keeping one plan that works in both states.
A Miami checklist of Florida-friendly gifting strategies — annual exclusion gifts, tuition and medical payments, and trusts — to shrink a taxable estate.
Estate Planning for Naturalizing Residents and Retirees in Miami: Where Florida Law Meets Immigration Status
How charitable trusts work in a Florida estate plan—CRTs, CLTs, donor-advised funds, and tax-smart giving strategies for Miami physicians and professionals.
How to fund a revocable trust correctly in Florida, retitling assets, beneficiary designations, and the mistakes physicians and professionals must avoid.
A Miami checklist for beneficiary designations under Florida law, why they override your will, and how outdated forms derail even careful estate plans.
What every Miami family needs in a Florida advance directive — health care surrogate, living will, and HIPAA access — explained as a practical checklist.
How Florida’s 30% elective share works, what assets count in the elective estate, and how physicians and professionals plan around or honor a surviving spouse.
Estate Planning for Naturalizing Residents and Retirees in Miami: Where Florida Law Meets Immigration Status
When an irrevocable trust makes sense in Florida: asset protection, Medicaid planning, and estate tax strategy for Miami physicians and professionals.
How Florida professionals protect an inheritance for spendthrift or young heirs using spendthrift trusts, age-staged distributions, and the right trustee.
How Florida Lady Bird (enhanced life estate) deeds avoid probate, keep control, and protect homestead. An estate attorney’s guide for Miami professionals.
