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 walkthrough of estate tax: Florida has no state estate tax, but the federal rules can still reach larger estates. See how with a real scenario.
How Florida homestead law protects your family home from creditors, taxes, and probate pitfalls — and the estate planning traps snowbirds must avoid.
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.
How to include digital assets and online accounts in your Florida estate plan. Palm Beach attorney guide to RUFADAA, fiduciary access, and snowbird planning.
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
A Palm Beach scenario showing why single adults need a Florida will, durable POA, health care surrogate, and beneficiary designations more than anyone.
A Palm Beach attorney explains how to avoid probate in Florida using trusts, beneficiary designations, joint titling, and the lady bird deed.
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.
A Palm Beach business-owner scenario on succession, buy-sell agreements, trusts, and keeping a Florida company out of probate after the founder dies.
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.
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.
Picking a Florida personal representative? See who qualifies under Florida law, why a Palm Beach snowbird may not, and how to choose well.
In Palm Beach, beneficiary designations can override your will. Learn how Florida law treats them, common mistakes, and why divorce changes things.
Split your year between the North and Palm Beach? A scenario guide to Florida domicile, homestead, dual-state property, and the documents snowbirds need.
A Palm Beach attorney explains joint ownership and survivorship pitfalls in Florida estate planning for retirees and snowbirds—and smarter alternatives.
How Florida business owners and snowbirds plan their estates and succession—LLCs, trusts, buy-sell agreements, and probate avoidance in Palm Beach.
How Florida spendthrift and discretionary trusts protect an inheritance for young or financially unwise heirs. A West Palm Beach estate planning guide.
How special needs trusts protect a disabled beneficiary’s Medicaid and SSI in Florida. A Palm Beach estate planning attorney explains first- and third-party SNTs.
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.
Estate planning isn’t just for retirees. A scenario-based Palm Beach guide to the five core Florida documents every adult should have, and what each one does.
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.
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 trust administration works after the grantor dies: successor trustee duties, the 6-month creditor rule, notices, taxes, and snowbird issues.
A Palm Beach young-family scenario covering Florida guardian nominations, trusts for minors, durable POAs, and why a will alone is not enough.
A Florida estate attorney’s guide to funding a revocable living trust correctly so your Palm Beach and out-of-state assets avoid probate.
How snowbirds and dual-state residents should structure estate plans, establish Florida domicile, and avoid double probate. Palm Beach attorney guidance.
Learn when and why to review your Florida estate plan. A Palm Beach attorney’s guide for retirees and snowbirds on life events, law changes, and homestead.
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.
A Palm Beach scenario explaining Florida Medicaid’s 5-year look-back, transfer penalties, and how the homestead fits in long-term care planning.
