For people in Miami-Dade, as well as throughout the country, a will is a way to legally establish how they want their affairs to be handled after their death. Occasionally, however, beneficiaries, or those who are for one reason or another no longer heirs, may...
Month: September 2013
Appeals court upholds ruling on validity of elderly woman’s wills
Depending on when a person creates their estate plan and writes their last will and testament, there may come a time when they have to make a revision. While people in Miami-Dade, and throughout the U.S., are permitted to make modifications to these types of legal...
Man’s family claims his friend manipulated him into changing will
Readers in Miami-Dade are likely aware of the importance of careful estate planning to avoid problems with estate administration down the road. What readers may not know, however, is that if multiple changes are made to a will, particularly within a brief amount of...
IRS demands $700 million from Michael Jackson’s estate
Readers in Miami may or may not be aware that when a person passes away, there is an estate tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on any assets that he or she may have left behind. Before the estate administrator disperses any assets to the beneficiaries,...