by Brandon Legal Group | Jun 24, 2026 | Estate Planning Tampa
A living trust is a legal arrangement that holds and manages assets during the grantor's life and distributes them after death, avoiding probate for assets properly transferred into it. A pour-over will is a safety net that directs any assets left outside the trust at...
by Brandon Legal Group | Jun 17, 2026 | Estate Planning Tampa
¶ TL;DR: Your digital life, email, social media, crypto, photos, doesn’t die with you. It gets locked in a digital coffin. Many estate plans are useless here, leaving your family to fight tech giants for access. Florida law gives us the tools to fix this, but only if...
by Brandon Legal Group | Jun 9, 2026 | Estate Planning Tampa
TL;DR: A living trust only protects what's been transferred into it. Bank accounts opened after signing, inherited property, business interests acquired later, and beneficiary-designated assets often remain outside the trust, exposing them to probate, creditor claims,...
by Brandon Legal Group | Jun 3, 2026 | Estate Planning Tampa
TL;DR: Florida probate has two pathways: formal administration and summary administration. Summary administration becomes available when the probate estate's value, after subtracting exempt property, does not exceed $75,000 or when the decedent has been dead for more...
by Brandon Legal Group | May 20, 2026 | Estate Planning Tampa
TL;DR: You spent decades building something real. A business. A home. Savings. A life. And right now, none of it is protected the way you think it is. Most people assume their estate is “handled” because they made a will once, years ago. It is not. Estate planning is...
by Brandon Legal Group | May 13, 2026 | Estate Planning Tampa
TL;DR: You’ve spent a lifetime building a legacy of care for your family. A trust isn’t about a lack of trust in your children, it is a strategic act of protection that ensures what you’ve built actually reaches them and stays with them, regardless of what life throws...
