Updating Your Estate Plan After Divorce, Marriage, or a Move to Florida
A Miami estate planning attorney explains how to update your estate plan after divorce, marriage, or a move to Florida — and why it matters.
June 23, 2026
A Miami estate planning attorney explains how to update your estate plan after divorce, marriage, or a move to Florida — and why it matters.
A Miami checklist comparing DIY estate forms with attorney-drafted plans, and the Florida-law traps that sink do-it-yourself documents.
Single in Miami? Florida’s intestacy rules may not match your wishes. A practical checklist of the documents and choices every unmarried adult needs.
How to name a guardian for your minor children in a Florida estate plan, including who decides, how courts rule, and the documents you actually need.
A Florida attorney’s guide to blended-family estate planning: elective share, homestead, QTIP trusts, and protecting both your spouse and children.
A Miami checklist of life events and Florida-law changes that should trigger an estate plan review, so your documents never go stale.
How Florida trust administration works after the grantor dies: trustee duties, the 60-day notice, accountings, creditor claims, and a surviving spouse’s rights.
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.
A step-by-step Miami, FL checklist for funding a revocable living trust: retitling real estate, accounts, and beneficiary forms under Florida law (Ch. 736).
A Miami, FL checklist for protecting an inheritance: trusts, spendthrift clauses, staggered distributions, and trustee choices under Florida law (Ch. 736).
How snowbirds and dual-state residents should structure estate plans across Florida and a northern state to avoid double taxation, probate, and spousal disputes.
Florida revocable living trust vs. will: a Miami estate attorney explains probate, costs, spousal rights, and which plan fits your family.
A Miami estate planning attorney explains the core documents every Florida adult needs, including how the 30% elective share protects a surviving spouse.
Marriage, divorce, or a new baby in Miami? Florida law may change your plan automatically. A checklist for what to update and why it matters.
How to plan for digital assets and online accounts in your Florida estate plan under Chapter 740, and what surviving spouses should know.
A plain-English Miami checklist of the five core estate planning documents every Florida adult needs, and what each one actually does.
A step-by-step Florida estate planning checklist for Miami residents: wills, durable POA, homestead, trusts, and beneficiary designations done right.
Common Florida power of attorney mistakes Miami residents make, from outdated forms to missing durable language, and a checklist to avoid them.
Avoid the most common Florida estate planning mistakes—elective share, homestead, beneficiary, and spousal traps—with guidance from a Miami estate attorney.
In Florida, beneficiary designations on life insurance, IRAs and accounts override your will. Learn how this affects surviving spouses and elective share.
How Florida second-marriage estate plans and prenuptial agreements coordinate elective share, homestead, and children from a prior marriage.
Unmarried in Miami? Florida law gives partners no automatic rights. A practical checklist to protect each other through wills, deeds, and key documents.
How Florida business owners plan their estates and structure succession to protect spouses, partners, and the company. Buy-sell, trusts, and elective share.
A Miami checklist on ILITs: how an irrevocable life insurance trust works under Florida law, who needs one, and the tradeoffs to weigh.
How Florida residents reduce federal estate tax with lifetime gifting, trusts, and spousal planning. Practical 2026 strategies from a Miami estate planning lawyer.
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 charitable giving and trusts work in a Florida estate plan, including CRTs, CLTs, and how charitable gifts interact with a spouse’s elective share.
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 Florida estate planning attorney explains Lady Bird (enhanced life estate) deeds: how they avoid probate, protect Medicaid eligibility, and affect spouses.
A Florida living trust keeps your estate out of public probate records, shielding assets, heirs, and family matters from prying eyes. Here’s how.
