Esta Preparado en Caso de Una Enfermedad Inesperada?

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Dec 14, 2020

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COVID - este acrnimo despierta una variedad de sentimientos; miedo, frustracin, incertidumbre, preocupacin entre otros. Cualquiera que sea el sentimiento que despierte en usted, no podemos negar que esta situacin ha hecho que muchas personas piensen en su mortalidad. Esto ha resultado en un creciente nmero de estadounidenses que estn en la bsqueda de soluciones para poner sus asuntos en orden. Si usted se encuentra entre ellos aqu le detallamos varias cosas que debe considerar a la hora de redactar su testamento.

Debo contratar un abogado o puedo hacerlo yo mismo? S que probablemente estar pensando; l es un abogado, por supuesto que va a decir que use un abogado. Asi es! Sin embargo, permtame hacerle las siguientes preguntas. Conoce lo que hay que hacer para que un ltimo testamento sea vlido? Sabe que un testamento no evita la sucesin? Conoce la diferencia entre por estirpe, per cpita y el hbrido entre ambos? Como abogado especialista en derecho de personas de edad avanzada, conozco las respuestas a estas y muchas otras preguntas que pueden afectar a sus seres queridos una vez usted fallezca. El hecho es que vivimos en una era de especializacin. Cuando usted tiene problemas de arritmia, no va a un podiatra y ciertamente no busca los sntomas en internet. Usted va a un cardilogo para un diagnstico certero. Por qu tratara el legado que le est dejando a su familia de manera diferente? Usted debe asesorarse con un abogado especialista en esta materia. Tenemos la experiencia para asegurar que sus objetivos se logren y su familia y su legado estn protegidos.

Testamento o Fideicomiso? Lo ms seguro es que usted haya escuchado hablar sobre fideicomisos. Si es as, sabe que son efectivos pero muchas veces, son sobre exagerados por los abogados. Sin embargo, como discutimos en el prrafo anterior - los testamentos comnmente pasan por una sucesin. Usted no quiere que su familia pase por eso, por lo tanto un fideicomiso es su nica opcin, verdad? La realidad es que no! Hemos desarrollado una forma libre de fideicomiso para que su patrimonio no pase por una sucesin. Es igual de efectiva que un fideicomiso y es 50% ms econmica. Es lo mejor de los dos mundos!

Sea lo que usted elija, asegrese de trabajar con un abogado especialista en derechos de personas de edad avanzada que pueda ayudarle a navegar por las complejidades de la Ley de Testamentos del Estado de la Florida. Si desea asesorarse con nosotros en Family First Firm, puede llamarnos al 1-833-FL - SENIOR (1-833-357-3646), o visite nuestra pgina de internet www.FamilyFirstFirm.com para ms informacin.
Este artculofue redactado por Geoff Hoatson, Esq.

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