| What is Elder Law?
Elder Law is an emerging specialty of law that focuses on
the issues that relate to older clients. Elder law attorneys
provide legal services that relate to financial and health
care decision-making through the use of durable powers of
attorney; end-of-life decision-making through the use of living
wills and advance directives; probate and estates; revocable
living trusts and last will and testaments. The experienced
elder law attorney routinely handles issues that are unique
to the senior members of our population. Issues such as whether
to sell a home and move to a nursing home or assisted living
facility; to issues of exploitation of the elderly, theft,
and coercion. Litigation, Will Contests, and Voiding Deeds
signed before death are just a few examples of disputes that
elder law lawyers must be able to litigate aggressively, if
necessary.
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What is Probate
Law?
Probate is the state-supervised distributions of a decedent's
sole-named assets. Probate exists for two reasons:
- To give creditors an opportunity to file claims, and
to make sure the assets are distributed to the appropriate
beneficiary.
- To make sure the assets ultimately get to the appropriate
beneficiary
The laws of Florida are very specific as to execution requirements
that must be met for a Last Will and Testament to be valid,
and noncompliance has the same effect as not executing the
Will at all. If you think it is worthwhile to have a Last
Will and Testament, then you should hire a skilled attorney
not only to draft the document for you, but also to supervise
the execution of the document.
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