Protecting Your Family's Future

Month: October 2014

"Snowbirds" is a term that has been used for many years to describe people who make the trip south to Florida every fall and stay until spring before returning north for the summer. The state welcomes snowbirds with open arms, as they add a vibrant diversity to...

As has been noted in several previous posts on this blog, the use of trusts has grown in frequency over the past few decades in Florida and throughout the country. Further, trusts are being used more often by people who are not millionaires, but individuals who wish...

It's never easy watching parents or elder relatives losing their independence as they grow older. Simple tasks can become difficult or even impossible to accomplish without help; mental changes may also have a particularly difficult emotional impact. We wrote last...

An Assistant Secretary for Aging with the federal Department of Health and Human Services said at a recent event that the department estimates that older people face exploitation in their financial affairs at the rate of around 1,000 per day. According to the...