Second Marriages and Prenuptial Coordination in Florida Estate Planning
How Florida snowbirds and retirees coordinate prenups with estate plans in second marriages—elective share, homestead, trusts, and protecting children.
June 23, 2026
How Florida snowbirds and retirees coordinate prenups with estate plans in second marriages—elective share, homestead, trusts, and protecting children.
A Palm Beach blended-family scenario showing how Florida elective share, homestead, and trusts protect both a spouse and children from a prior marriage.
How a pour-over will works with a Florida living trust to catch stray assets, plus probate, homestead, and snowbird tips from a Palm Beach attorney.
A West Palm Beach attorney compares Florida revocable living trusts and wills for retirees and snowbirds, including probate, homestead, and out-of-state property.
A Florida estate attorney’s guide to funding a revocable living trust correctly so your Palm Beach and out-of-state assets avoid probate.
Marriage, divorce, or a new baby can quietly break your Palm Beach estate plan. A scenario guide to what Florida law changes and what you must update yourself.
How Florida spendthrift and discretionary trusts protect an inheritance for young or financially unwise heirs. A West Palm Beach estate planning guide.
How Florida homestead law protects your family home from creditors, taxes, and probate pitfalls — and the estate planning traps snowbirds must avoid.
Photos, crypto, email, and online accounts need a plan too. See how Florida’s digital assets law lets your Palm Beach fiduciary access them.
A Florida living trust keeps your estate out of public probate records. Learn how revocable trusts protect privacy for Palm Beach retirees and snowbirds.
A Palm Beach business-owner scenario on succession, buy-sell agreements, trusts, and keeping a Florida company out of probate after the founder dies.
How Florida business owners and snowbirds plan their estates and succession—LLCs, trusts, buy-sell agreements, and probate avoidance in Palm Beach.
How Florida’s 30% elective share protects a surviving spouse, what counts in the elective estate, and how Palm Beach couples plan around it.
The estate planning mistakes that cost Palm Beach families most aren’t exotic. A scenario guide to the Florida-specific errors that quietly derail real plans.
A West Palm Beach attorney explains the core estate planning documents every Florida adult needs: will, durable POA, health care directive, and more.
A Florida attorney explains the durable power of attorney under Chapter 709: how it works, signing rules, and why snowbirds and retirees need one.
How to include digital assets and online accounts in your Florida estate plan. Palm Beach attorney guide to RUFADAA, fiduciary access, and snowbird planning.
How a Palm Beach giver can build charity into a Florida estate plan using beneficiary designations, revocable trusts, and charitable remainder structures.
Naming a trustee in Palm Beach? Learn the duties under Florida’s trust code (Ch. 736), pros of family vs. corporate trustees, and how to choose.
If you and your spouse are building a life in West Palm Beach while a green card or citizenship case moves through the system, you
Avoid the most common Florida estate planning mistakes, from homestead errors to out-of-state wills. A West Palm Beach guide for retirees and snowbirds.
A Palm Beach scenario explaining Florida Medicaid’s 5-year look-back, transfer penalties, and how the homestead fits in long-term care planning.
A Palm Beach young-family scenario covering Florida guardian nominations, trusts for minors, durable POAs, and why a will alone is not enough.
Florida has no state estate or gift tax, but the federal estate tax still applies. Learn smart gifting strategies for West Palm Beach retirees and snowbirds.
How Florida Lady Bird (enhanced life estate) deeds let Palm Beach retirees avoid probate, keep control, and protect the homestead. Pros, cons, and Medicaid facts.
A Palm Beach scenario showing how special needs trusts protect a disabled loved one’s inheritance without risking Medicaid or SSI benefits under Florida law.
A Palm Beach scenario on naming guardians for minor children under Florida law, plus how trusts and wills keep your kids cared for and provided for.
Adding a child to your Palm Beach deed or account feels easy, but joint ownership creates real risks under Florida law. Learn the safer options.
How snowbirds and dual-state residents should structure estate plans, establish Florida domicile, and avoid double probate. Palm Beach attorney guidance.
Picking a Florida personal representative? See who qualifies under Florida law, why a Palm Beach snowbird may not, and how to choose well.
