Updating Your Estate Plan After Marriage, Divorce, or a New Child
A new marriage, divorce, or baby can quietly break your Palm Beach estate plan. Learn what Florida law changes and what to update.
December 3, 2025
A new marriage, divorce, or baby can quietly break your Palm Beach estate plan. Learn what Florida law changes and what to update.
A West Palm Beach attorney explains Florida’s durable power of attorney under Chapter 709 — what it does, the strict signing rules, and blended-family pitfalls.
How Florida couples in second marriages coordinate prenups, wills, and trusts to protect children and a spouse. Elective share, homestead, and more.
How blended families in Palm Beach, FL protect a surviving spouse and children with wills, trusts, and prenups under Florida law. A practical attorney guide.
Life changes, and so should your plan. A family-first Palm Beach guide to when and why to revisit your Florida will, trust, and POA.
How Florida special needs trusts protect a disabled beneficiary’s SSI and Medicaid. First-party vs. third-party, blended-family planning, and what to avoid.
How Medicaid asset protection planning works in Florida, plus the lookback, spousal rules, and trust strategies blended families need to know.
West Palm Beach is home to families with roots across the globe, and a growing number of our clients have heirs living abroad, a spouse
Single in Palm Beach? Florida’s default laws may not reflect your wishes. Learn the documents that protect your money, health, and chosen people.
When and why to review your Florida estate plan: life triggers, key statutes, and a checklist built for blended families and second marriages.
How Florida estate planning protects an inheritance for spendthrift or young heirs using trusts, spendthrift clauses, and staggered distributions.
Florida revocable living trust vs. will: how each works, what they cost your family, and which protects blended families and second marriages in Palm Beach.
How Florida homestead law restricts who you can leave your home to, and how blended families in Palm Beach can protect the family home in an estate plan.
A West Palm Beach attorney explains the core estate planning documents every Florida adult needs: will, durable power of attorney, health directives, and more.
How Florida’s 30% elective share protects a surviving spouse, what counts in the elective estate, and how blended families can plan around it.
How Florida trust administration works after the grantor dies: trustee duties, the 60-day notice, creditor claims, taxes, and blended-family pitfalls.
In Florida, beneficiary designations on life insurance, IRAs and POD accounts override your will. Here’s why that matters in blended families.
A West Palm Beach attorney explains how to avoid probate in Florida using trusts, beneficiary designations, and deeds—especially for blended families.
