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How A Tri-County Area FL Estate Planning Lawyer Can Help You Provide For Your Family

By Guy Lobdell


Many people think they do not need to make a Will. Making a Will is important, especially if you have children. Contacting a Tri-County area FL Estate Planning lawyer is the best way to protect your assets. If you have minor children you can dictate who will raise them in the event you pass away.

Even if your financial estate is small, a local South Florida Tri-County estate planning lawyer can help an adult with children plan for their children. A good estate planning attorney knows the local landscape and will help you consider guardianship, medical care, education and basic living expenses for the child. A very good estate planning attorney can help a client without much wealth plan for the care of his loved ones through combinations of life insurance policies and trust instruments.

But the best estate planning lawyers also have some experience and training in financial planning and tax law. That way they can help counsel how to best plan to reduce the tax burden on your family. For the clients with medium and large estates, they can help protect assets and streamline tax burdens. They can also help with advance directives, in case you become incapacitated.

It is important to choose an attorney carefully. Look for someone who has a wide range of experience and possesses the right amount of legal shrewdness.

Most Americans, 55 percent, die without any kind of will filed. If you die intestate, your state will determine who receives your property, who will care for your children and the future of the people you love.

The laws of intestate where written long ago and may not reflect your wishes for distributing your property. It is important to understand what your state recognizes as a Last Will and Testament. Some states may not recognize oral or holographic wills. In addition, constitutional protections may be given to the spouse which prevents them from being disinherited by a last Will.




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