by Monique | Jun 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Serving as the Personal Representative, or the “PR”, of an estate can be stressful and time consuming. At first, one might feel privileged to be entrusted with the responsibility. As disgruntled family members seek their inheritances and creditor claims pile up, the...
by Monique | Jun 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
A guardian is the person parents choose to take care of their minor children if the parents pass away before the children become adults. Naming a guardian is important because it gives parents control of the situation. If parents do not name the guardian, a judge will...
by Monique | May 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Your assets may be subject to probate if you fail to properly “fund” your trust. Funding a trust is the process of transferring the legal title of assets from your name, individually, into the name of your trust. An un-funded trust is like an empty bank account. If a...
by Monique | Oct 2, 2019 | Personal Representatives, Probate
Under Florida law, individuals who are named personal representatives in the will, surviving family members, and beneficiaries have preference to serve as the personal representative of an estate. Section 733.301 of the Florida Statutes ranks the order of...
by Monique | Sep 27, 2019 | Personal Representatives, Probate
A personal representative is an individual who manages and settles the estate’s affairs. A personal representative must be a close family member of the decedent or a Florida resident according to Section 733.302of the Florida Statute. Close family members can be...
by Monique | Sep 20, 2019 | Probate
When a person passes away and they owe more money than they have, Florida law controls which creditors get paid first. Each creditor is ranked by class, and creditors of the highest class are paid in full before lower subsequent creditor classes. This procedure...
by Monique | Aug 21, 2019 | Probate
by Monique | May 28, 2019 | Estate Planning, Estate Planning for Parents, Guardianship, Transferring Wealth to the Next Generation
When clients want to leave their assets to minor beneficiaries, we almost always will recommend that the assets are left “in trust” as opposed to devising the assets directly to the minor children. In Florida, assets left directly to beneficiaries will often need to...
by Monique | Apr 28, 2019 | Firm News
Lavender Greenberg PLLC is proud to announce that Shareholder Monique Lavender Greenberg has been selected to the 2019 Florida Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to...
by Monique | Apr 25, 2019 | Probate
Probate is the court-supervised process for identifying and gathering the decedent’s assets; paying taxes, claims and expenses; and distributing assets to beneficiaries. The Florida Probate Code is found in Chapters 731 through 735 of the Florida Statutes.
