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Medicaid Planning in Florida: Why Timing Matters Florida Medicaid generally reviews asset transfers made during the 60 months before an applicant seeks long-term care benefits. Once a transfer falls outside that five-year...

Can You Disinherit a Child in Florida? Florida gives surviving spouses protections that adult children generally do not receive. A surviving spouse may have elective share and homestead rights despite what a...

Convenience Accounts vs. Joint Accounts in Florida Florida law generally presumes that an account held in two or more names includes a right of survivorship. That presumption applies unless the account documents...

Florida Waterfront Property: What a Title Search May Not Reveal A canal-front property and a natural lagoon-front property can look similar while carrying very different legal rights. Florida riparian rights generally arise from ownership of...

Do Cash Buyers Need a Real Estate Attorney in Florida?  Nearly half of all home purchases in West Palm Beach closed in cash in 2024, the highest share of any metro area in the country,...

Florida Summary Administration vs. Formal Administration Florida doubled the asset threshold for summary administration from $75,000 to $150,000 as of July 1, 2026. The change makes more estates eligible for Florida’s...

The Legal Side of Buying a Home in a Florida Gated Community The gate, the landscaping, the clubhouse. Those are the parts of a gated community that sell the lifestyle. The part that actually determines what living...

Florida Seller Disclosure Requirements Explained Florida’s seller disclosure requirements exist to prevent buyers from discovering serious property defects only after the sale is complete. Most transactions move forward without issue...

1031 Exchanges in Florida: How an Attorney Protects the Deal The 45-day clock on a 1031 exchange does not pause for a holiday. It does not pause for a hurricane. It does not care that...

What Business Acquisition Due Diligence Covers Most business acquisitions do not fall apart because of the purchase price. They fall apart because buyers uncover issues during due diligence that change how...

What to Do When a Co-Beneficiary Disputes the Will in Florida Finding out that a sibling, cousin, or another heir is contesting the will you were named in changes the entire probate experience overnight. One day...

How the Florida Probate Process Works for Out-of-State Heirs Only about a third of Florida’s current residents were actually born in the state. A large share of the people who pass away owning property...