Areas Of Practice
ESTATE
PLANNING
No matter your age, the size of your estate or where you are in life, you need an estate plan. An estate plan is a blueprint for managing your personal affairs if you become incapacitated and addressing the needs of others after your death.
PROBATE
Florida’s probate system is complex. You will need an attorney who has years of experience in probate as well as the skills and knowledge to complete the process in a timely and cost-effective manner.
TRUST ADMINISTRATION
You never want to imagine a time when you cannot make important financial decisions for yourself. If, however, you become incapacitated you must have a trusted Agent ready to act on your behalf.
GUARDIANSHIPS
Guardianships are legal matters none of us want to find ourselves involved with, whether such involvement is as the person seeking guardianship over a friend or family member, or being the person in need of a guardian.
ELDER LAW
As we get older, we face new legal challenges involving our assets, personal safety and long-term care needs. We all deserve to age with dignity and feel safe and protected as we enjoy our golden years.
BUSINESS AND TAX ISSUES
Although Marshall Law predominantly handles legal services related to Estate Planning, Trust Administration, Probate, Guardianship and Elder Law, there are additional areas of law I practice as such are ancillary to the areas of law just mentioned.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
You never want to imagine a time when you cannot make important financial decisions for yourself. If, however, you become incapacitated you must have a trusted Agent ready to act on your behalf.
HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVES
No one knows what can happen in the future. While many people consider health care directives when they become ill, healthy adults can suffer from unforeseeable events at any time.
ESTATE PLANNING FOR BLENDED FAMILIES
Blended families, often formed through second marriages, bring unique joys and challenges—especially when it comes to estate planning.
FORMAL PROBATE
Probate can be difficult to understand if you approach it without prior experience, but if you are equipped with the proper knowledge, you can know how to navigate it.
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Being the personal representative of a deceased loved one’s estate can be overwhelming. You have a fiduciary duty to ensure the decedent’s final wishes are carried out, but the probate process can be complicated and confusing.
WILLS AND TRUSTS
In Florida, if someone dies (the “decedent”) without a will or trust, the Florida Probate Code dictates how to distribute the decedent’s assets. How the law directs distributions does not always align with what the decedent would have wanted.
WHAT DOES AN ESTATE PLAN INCLUDE?
An estate plan is a blueprint for managing your personal affairs if you become incapacitated during your lifetime and for addressing the needs or wants of others after your death.
PET TRUSTS
In Florida, if a pet owner passes away without a pet trust or specific provisions in their estate plan, there’s no legal guarantee that their pet will be cared for according to their wishes. Without clear instructions, the fate of the pet may be left to chance—often falling to relatives or shelters—regardless of what the owner would have wanted.