Updating Your Estate Plan After Divorce, Marriage, or a Move to Florida
Divorced, remarried, or moved to Florida? Learn how FL law (homestead, elective share, beneficiary rules) changes your estate plan and what to update now.
June 23, 2026
Divorced, remarried, or moved to Florida? Learn how FL law (homestead, elective share, beneficiary rules) changes your estate plan and what to update now.
In Florida, beneficiary designations on life insurance, IRAs, and POD accounts override your will. Here’s why that matters for blended families.
A plain-English Key West guide to pour-over wills: how they pair with a Florida revocable trust, what they catch, and why probate may still apply.
Florida estate planning for snowbirds and dual-state residents: domicile, homestead, probate, and protecting blended families across two states.
Snowbirds with a Key West home: learn how Florida residency, homestead, and probate affect your estate plan across two states.
When and why to review your Florida estate plan: life triggers, the 3-5 year rule, and what blended families and second marriages must watch for.
How Florida couples in second marriages coordinate prenups with wills, trusts, and elective share rules to protect children and a new spouse.
Unmarried partners in Key West have no automatic legal rights under Florida law. Learn how wills, POA, and deeds protect each other.
How a pour-over will works with a Florida living trust, what Fla. Stat. 732.513 requires, and why blended families rely on both. A Key West attorney explains.
How Florida’s 30% elective share protects a surviving spouse, what counts in the estate, and how blended families can plan around it. Key West estate planning.
How Medicaid asset protection planning works in Florida: the 5-year look-back, income and asset limits, trusts, and tips for blended families.
Key West business owners: protect your shop, charter, or rental with a Florida succession plan, POA, and trust. Plain-English guide.
Avoid the costly Florida estate planning mistakes that derail wills, trusts, and blended-family inheritances. A Key West attorney explains the fixes.
A Florida estate attorney explains the durable power of attorney under Chapter 709 — how it works, what it must include, and why it matters in blended families.
How to name a guardian for minor children in a Florida estate plan, including the difference between guardian of the person and property, plus blended-family tips.
How Florida blended families and second marriages can plan with trusts, elective share rules, and homestead law to protect a spouse and children from a prior marriage.
The estate planning mistakes that trip up Key West families, from invalid wills to forgotten beneficiaries, and how Florida law treats each.
How Florida homestead law protects the family home in your estate plan, plus the inheritance traps blended families and second marriages must avoid.
A Florida estate attorney explains how to avoid probate using trusts, beneficiary designations, lady bird deeds, and joint ownership — plus blended-family pitfalls.
A Key West guide to Florida spousal rights: the 30% elective share, homestead protection, and why a spouse cannot be quietly cut out.
How Florida residents reduce federal estate tax through lifetime gifting, trusts, and blended-family planning. No state estate tax, but federal rules still apply.
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A Florida estate attorney explains the core documents every adult needs: will, durable POA, health care surrogate, living will, and trust planning.
Second marriages and stepchildren make Florida estate planning tricky. A plain-English guide for blended families in Key West, FL.
A plain-English Key West checklist for when to review your Florida estate plan, from marriage and moves to new homestead and outdated documents.
Married, divorced, or welcomed a baby in Key West? Here is how Florida law changes your estate plan and what to update right away.
How Florida families protect an inheritance for spendthrift or young heirs using spendthrift trusts, staged distributions, and trustee controls.
Photos, crypto, email, and online accounts outlive us. Here is how Key West residents can plan for digital assets under Florida law.
How to include digital assets and online accounts in your Florida estate plan under the Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. Key Largo to Key West.
How charitable giving and trusts work in a Florida estate plan, including CRTs, CLTs, and tips for blended families and second marriages.
