by Jill Burzynski | Aug 6, 2021 | Blog, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Health Care Advocacy, News Article
When you are thinking about signing your estate planning documents you will need to make a series of choices…including naming a legal representative, someone else to act for you. You need to have someone in mind you can trust to help manage your financial...
by Jill Burzynski | Jul 9, 2021 | Blog, End of Life Planning, Estate Planning, Medicaid
As elder lawyers we sometimes think of our clients as belonging to an “intact” family or a “blended” family. Blended families result where one or both spouses had children from a previous relationship. So some of the adult children are step-children. ...
by Jill Burzynski | Jul 2, 2021 | Blog, Caregiver Issues, Elder Resources, Estate Planning
We here at Burzynski Elder Law are proud supporters of the rights and concerns of the LGBTQ community and are happy to assist our clients seeking pride in aging. We treat all of our clients with equal dignity and concern regardless of race, gender, sexual...
by Jill Burzynski | Jun 18, 2021 | Blog, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration
What is a Florida probate, and how does probate work in Florida? Florida Probate is the process in which assets that were held in a decedent’s name alone are passed to his or her beneficiaries (if there is a will) or heirs at law (if there is no will.) Through the...
by Jill Burzynski | Jun 15, 2021 | Blog, Estate Planning
If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”-Ben Franklin This quote from Ben Franklin applies to the estate planning world. In our practice we continually see clients who have never made an estate plan. These are smart, successful people retired from impressive...
by Jill Burzynski | Jun 3, 2021 | Blog, Estate Planning, News Article, Trusts
Often we have clients who express that they are in close contact with most of their children, but feel they want to disinherit an adult child due to estrangement. They may not have spoken with this child in years. Sometimes our client is not even sure where their...