Charitable Giving and Trusts in a Florida Estate Plan: A Miami Attorney’s Guide
How charitable giving and trusts work in a Florida estate plan, including CRTs, CLTs, and how charitable gifts interact with a spouse’s elective share.
June 23, 2026
How charitable giving and trusts work in a Florida estate plan, including CRTs, CLTs, and how charitable gifts interact with a spouse’s elective share.
How to designate a health care surrogate and create a living will in Florida under Chapter 765, plus what surviving spouses in Miami should know.
How to fund a revocable trust correctly in Florida: retitling assets, beneficiary coordination, homestead, and elective-share traps to avoid probate.
Unmarried in Miami? Florida law gives partners no automatic rights. A practical checklist to protect each other through wills, deeds, and key documents.
A plain-English Miami checklist of the five core estate planning documents every Florida adult needs, and what each one actually does.
Avoid the most common Florida estate planning mistakes—elective share, homestead, beneficiary, and spousal traps—with guidance from a Miami estate attorney.
How Medicaid asset protection planning works in Florida: the 5-year lookback, ICP limits, irrevocable trusts, and spousal rules. Miami estate planning guidance.
What happens if you die without a will in Florida? A Miami checklist on intestacy, who inherits, homestead, and the probate process that follows.
A practical Miami checklist on Florida’s elective share, homestead, and the spousal rights that can override what your will actually says.
How Florida residents reduce federal estate tax with lifetime gifting, trusts, and spousal planning. Practical 2026 strategies from a Miami estate planning lawyer.
A step-by-step Florida estate planning checklist for Miami residents: wills, durable POA, homestead, trusts, and beneficiary designations done right.
A Miami estate attorney explains Florida incapacity planning: durable powers of attorney, health care surrogates, and how to avoid guardianship.
How a pour-over will works in Miami, FL: it catches stray assets and routes them into your living trust. A practical Florida checklist and homestead notes.
Single in Miami? Florida’s intestacy rules may not match your wishes. A practical checklist of the documents and choices every unmarried adult needs.
A Florida living trust keeps your estate out of public probate records, shielding assets, heirs, and family matters from prying eyes. Here’s how.
A Miami, FL checklist for protecting an inheritance: trusts, spendthrift clauses, staggered distributions, and trustee choices under Florida law (Ch. 736).
In Florida, beneficiary designations on life insurance, IRAs and accounts override your will. Learn how this affects surviving spouses and elective share.
A Miami checklist of life events and Florida-law changes that should trigger an estate plan review, so your documents never go stale.
How to plan for digital assets and online accounts in your Florida estate plan under Chapter 740, and what surviving spouses should know.
Do Miami residents really need a will? A practical Florida checklist on when a will matters, what it cannot do, and when a trust may be better.
How Florida second-marriage estate plans and prenuptial agreements coordinate elective share, homestead, and children from a prior marriage.
A practical Miami, FL checklist of estate planning mistakes to avoid: homestead errors, stale beneficiaries, unfunded trusts, and Florida-specific traps.
How Florida pour-over wills work with a living trust, what they catch, the probate they still trigger, and why elective-share rules matter for spouses.
How Florida spendthrift trusts and staggered distributions protect an inheritance from creditors, lawsuits, and a young or financially reckless heir.
How Florida’s 30% elective share protects a surviving spouse, what counts in the estate, and how Miami couples plan around or for it.
A Florida estate planning attorney explains Lady Bird (enhanced life estate) deeds: how they avoid probate, protect Medicaid eligibility, and affect spouses.
How Florida pet trusts work and a Miami checklist to fund, staff, and structure care for your dog, cat, or other animals after you’re gone.
Miami is home to thousands of international families who arrived from Russia, Ukraine, Latin America, and across the Spanish-speaking world. Many own a home in
A Florida attorney’s guide to blended-family estate planning: elective share, homestead, QTIP trusts, and protecting both your spouse and children.
How Florida trust administration works after the grantor dies: trustee duties, the 60-day notice, accountings, creditor claims, and a surviving spouse’s rights.
