Naming Guardians for Minor Children in a Florida Estate Plan
How to name a guardian for your minor children in a Florida estate plan, plus the trust and asset-protection steps Palm Beach families should not skip.
June 23, 2026
How to name a guardian for your minor children in a Florida estate plan, plus the trust and asset-protection steps Palm Beach families should not skip.
How Florida homestead law protects the family home from creditors and probate, and how to keep that protection intact in your estate plan.
Compare outright gifts, custodial accounts, and trusts for protecting a Palm Beach inheritance left to young or spendthrift heirs under Florida law.
Palm Beach business owners: compare buy-sell agreements, revocable trusts, and operating agreement provisions to keep your company running after death.
Divorced, remarried, or relocated to Palm Beach? Learn when and how to update your Florida estate plan to protect high-net-worth assets and heirs.
How Florida’s 30% elective share and homestead rights protect a surviving spouse in Palm Beach, compared with disinheritance and joint planning.
How Florida’s elective share gives a surviving spouse 30% of the elective estate, what counts, and how high-net-worth couples plan around it lawfully.
Palm Beach young families: compare a Florida will, revocable trust, and guardian designation to protect kids and your homestead. What fits a growing family.
Compare the most common Florida estate planning mistakes Palm Beach families make, from unfunded trusts to homestead missteps, and how to fix them.
Compare the real cost drivers of estate planning in Palm Beach, FL, from simple wills to funded trusts, and where Florida law affects the price.
For Palm Beach families: how an ILIT compares with naming beneficiaries outright or using a revocable trust—control, creditor reach, and federal tax.
Every Florida adult needs five core estate planning documents: a will, durable power of attorney, health care surrogate, living will, and often a trust.
Compare ways Palm Beach pet owners can care for animals after death—from will gifts to Florida pet trusts under §736.0408. What actually holds up.
A Palm Beach estate attorney compares Florida revocable living trusts vs. wills—probate, homestead, asset protection, and which one fits your family.
A side-by-side look at the core Florida estate planning documents every Palm Beach adult needs, what each one does, and where each falls short.
When irrevocable trusts make sense in Florida: asset protection, Medicaid, estate tax, and SLATs explained for Palm Beach high-net-worth families.
Common Florida power of attorney mistakes in Palm Beach—springing clauses, missing authority, banks that refuse—and the alternatives that avoid them.
How to fund a revocable trust correctly in Florida—retitling real estate, accounts, business interests, and avoiding probate. Palm Beach estate planning guidance.
How charitable giving and trusts work in a Florida estate plan: CRTs, CLTs, donor-advised funds, and tax strategy for Palm Beach high-net-worth families.
DIY forms, online services, and hiring a Florida attorney compared for Palm Beach estate plans, including homestead and witness pitfalls.
A Palm Beach estate planning attorney explains how to avoid probate in Florida using trusts, beneficiary designations, and titling strategies.
How a Florida pour-over will backs up your revocable trust in Palm Beach, compared with a standard will and a fully funded trust.
Calendar-based vs. life-event vs. no review: how often Palm Beach residents should update a Florida estate plan and what triggers a refresh.
How Florida Medicaid asset protection planning works: the 5-year look-back, irrevocable trusts, homestead, and what high-net-worth families should know.
A Palm Beach estate planning checklist comparing the will-based, trust-based, and beneficiary-designation routes—plus Florida homestead and probate basics.
How Florida residents reduce federal estate tax through lifetime gifting, trusts, and exemption planning. Palm Beach estate planning attorney guidance.
How Florida trusts, spendthrift clauses, and staggered distributions protect an inheritance for spendthrift or young heirs. A Palm Beach attorney explains.
Palm Beach County is home to thousands of mixed-status households — families where one spouse is a U.S. citizen, another holds a green card, and
How to include digital assets and online accounts in your Florida estate plan under the Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. Palm Beach attorney guidance.
Single in Palm Beach? Compare a Florida will, revocable trust, and beneficiary designations to control your estate and avoid intestacy and probate.
