Sharing What I Know About
Florida Real Estate Law
Sharing What I Know About Florida Real Estate Law
AboutBroward County Probate and Liquid Assets – How Do I Establishing a Depository?
Whenever I open a Broward County Probate, and Miami-Dade County as well, where the estate contains liquid assets such as bank accounts, brokerage accounts, or the proceeds from the sale of estate assets, the court will require the cash assets to be placed in a...
Florida Personal Representative – Designation and Qualifications
I am often asked about the qualifications for someone to act as a Florida Personal Representative. Any person who has capacity and who is a resident of Florida at the time of the testator’s death may qualify as the Florida Personal Representative. A person who is...
Broward County Real Estate – List of Helpful Links
At my law office, clients usually ask for advice and information on what to look for when deciding if they should buy certain Broward County property. When I research a piece of real estate, I generally use several free online services to gather information about the...
How Do I Establish Domicile in Florida for Homestead Tax Exemption?
With the economy as it is, it is important to cut costs wherever possible (i.e. rent, taxes). And it may be time for you to invest in a home of your own, if you haven’t already, or move to a new state, given the current state of the housing market and the many tax...
Hallandale Law – We work just down the street.
Hallandale Law is centrally located at the intersection of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, just minutes from the many popular business and social districts of South Florida. We have thus earned ourselves the title of South Florida Attorneys. But we believe we are so...
Broward County Probate: What Do You Need to Know?
Our latest summary is now posted on HallandaleLaw.com and on JDSupra. The summary is called Broward County Probate Information and offers facts about filing a Broward Probate. We provide the address of the probate court, filing fees and a summary of the basic types of...
Beware When Buying An Older Condominium in Florida
A client recently came to me with an issue about repairs and improvements being made to a Florida condominium that he had just purchased. The Condominium was built in the 1960s and the entire property was now going through its 40-year inspection, as required by...
Does the Client Have the Capacity to Sign Florida Estate Plan Documents? Wills and Powers of Attorney.
I am often faced with estate plan clients who display signs of lacking capacity to execute estate documents, including Florida Wills, Trusts and Powers of Attorney. Through my experience, I have a compiled list of indicators that I look for when determining if a...
How to Protect Assets from Beneficiaries’ Creditors’ Claims
Clients who approach me to write their wills are often concerned with arranging their assets so as to maximize their protection against claims from their intended beneficiaries’ creditors. Luckily, Florida law favors such “asset protection planning.” A client may, for...
What is a Self Proving Florida Will?
A self proved Florida will is a will that is executed by the testator in the presence of two witnesses and a notary public. The witnesses attest to the fact, in an affidavit attached to the will, that they witnessed the testator sign the will. Their signatures are...
