On behalf of Dickman Law Firm | Oct 21, 2019 | Probate
In a solid will, Florida residents have to choose an executor. Forbes suggests that choosing an executor can be a difficult decision because there are many ways that an executor choice can go south. It may not be as simple as choosing your oldest friend or your close...
On behalf of Dickman Law Firm | Oct 10, 2019 | Probate
You have done what you can to provide for your loved ones in Florida and elsewhere after you pass. While admirable, the state can drag its feet in distributing the contents of your estate to your beneficiaries, which is a process called probate. Know that you can...
On behalf of Dickman Law Firm | Jun 12, 2019 | Probate
Singer Aretha Franklin was highly respected in Florida for her chart-topping hits and her philanthropic work. After passing away in 2018, her feuding heirs said she died intestate. According to The New York Times, however, one of her attorneys claims he warned her to...
On behalf of Dickman Law Firm | May 21, 2019 | Probate
Probate is the legal process of administering the assets of an estate once the owner passes away. There are many misconceptions regarding probate and estate administration since it is something that many people do not want to think about. After all, most people do not...
by Dickman Law Firm | Jan 23, 2019 | Probate
Some Florida residents who are planning for the future of their assets might want to avoid having their estates go through probate. One way to do this is by making heirs the co-owners of assets. However, the disadvantage here is that the co-owner also has access to...
by Dickman Law Firm | Jan 10, 2019 | Probate
Florida residents may remember that Aretha Franklin passed away in August 2018 from cancer. According to the IRS, her estate owes over $6.3 million in unpaid income taxes from 2012 to 2018. The organization is one of many interested parties listed in documents that...
by Dickman Law Firm | Dec 27, 2018 | Probate
Florida residents have many different options as it relates to transferring assets. Assets that are in the name of the deceased person only will have to go through probate unless other arrangements are made. For example, a beneficiary designation could be made on a...
by Dickman Law Firm | Dec 13, 2018 | Probate
Following the death of George H.W. Bush just a few months after his wife’s death, some Florida couples may have wondered how their estate plans would be affected if one died shortly after the after. Sometimes called “broken-heart syndrome,” this is...
by Dickman Law Firm | Nov 30, 2018 | Probate
Country music fans in Florida remember the hits of singer and songwriter Glen Campbell fondly. His passing in 2017, however, resulted in three of his children contesting the validity of his will that excluded them from any inheritance. The children have now chosen to...
by Dickman Law Firm | Nov 16, 2018 | Probate
Probate is the process of administering, organizing and sorting a person’s estate after he or she dies. In cases where the person leaves a will, he or she is said to have died testate; without a will, the decedent is intestate. Florida law governs the probate...
