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Florida Pour-Over Wills: The Companion Document Your Revocable Trust Needs

A pour-over will catches assets that never made it into your Florida revocable trust during life. Learn what it does, its limits, and why funding still matters.

Proving Undue Influence in a Florida Trust Contest

Florida trust beneficiaries can challenge a trust procured by undue influence. Learn the seven-factor Carpenter test, presumptions, and your remedies. Statewide representation.

Florida Revocable Living Trusts: How They Avoid Probate and What They Don’t Do

A funded Florida revocable living trust avoids probate but does not shield assets from creditors or estate tax. Learn what an RLT does and does not accomplish.

Florida Medicaid Community Spouse Resource Allowance (CSRA): Protecting the Healthy Spouse’s Assets

Florida’s Community Spouse Resource Allowance protects assets for the healthy spouse when one needs nursing home Medicaid. Learn the 2026 figures and planning strategies.

Florida Medicaid 5-Year Lookback: How Asset Transfers Affect Long-Term Care Eligibility

Florida Medicaid’s 60-month lookback reviews every asset transfer in the 5 years before application. Learn the penalty calculation, exempt transfers, and pre-planning strategies. Statewide Florida elder law.

What Makes a Florida Trust Accounting Legally Deficient — A Beneficiary’s Guide to § 736.08135

Florida trustees must comply with strict accounting rules under Fla. Stat. § 736.08135. Learn what makes a trust accounting deficient, the 6-month limitations trap, and your remedies as a beneficiary. Statewide Florida representation.

Florida Medicaid Estate Recovery: How It Works and How to Avoid It (2026)

After a Medicaid recipient dies, Florida’s AHCA can try to recover what it paid from the estate. The homestead exemption, the deferral rules, and the planning tools that stop recovery before it starts.

Florida Medicaid Spousal Impoverishment: Community Spouse Protection in 2026

When one spouse needs Florida nursing home Medicaid, federal law protects the healthy spouse from being impoverished. The 2026 Community Spouse Resource Allowance, MMMNA, and the rules that save marriages and savings.

Can a Lady Bird Deed Really Keep My Florida Home Out of Medicaid’s Hands?

Florida’s Lady Bird Deed lets you keep Medicaid eligibility, avoid probate, and block Medicaid estate recovery on your home — all without giving up control during your lifetime. Here’s how.