Pour-Over Wills and How They Work in Key West
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.
June 8, 2026
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.
Creating a living trust is only step one. Learn how to fund a revocable trust correctly under Florida law so it actually avoids probate.
How Florida Lady Bird (enhanced life estate) deeds avoid probate, protect homestead, and help second marriages and blended families pass on a home.
How joint ownership and right of survivorship can derail a Florida estate plan, especially in blended families and second marriages. Avoid the common traps.
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.
A plain-English Key West checklist for when to review your Florida estate plan, from marriage and moves to new homestead and outdated documents.
How special needs trusts protect a disabled beneficiary’s SSI and Medicaid in Florida, including third-party, first-party, and pooled trusts for blended families.
How Florida residents reduce federal estate tax through lifetime gifting, trusts, and blended-family planning. No state estate tax, but federal rules still apply.
Second marriages and stepchildren make Florida estate planning tricky. A plain-English guide for blended families in Key West, FL.
A Florida living trust keeps your estate out of public probate records. Learn how revocable trusts protect privacy, especially for blended families.
How Florida couples in second marriages coordinate prenups with wills, trusts, and elective share rules to protect children and a new spouse.
In Florida, beneficiary designations on life insurance, IRAs, and POD accounts override your will. Here’s why that matters for blended families.
Unmarried partners in Key West have no automatic legal rights under Florida law. Learn how wills, POA, and deeds protect each other.
Divorced, remarried, or moved to Florida? Learn how FL law (homestead, elective share, beneficiary rules) changes your estate plan and what to update now.
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 the core documents every adult needs: will, durable POA, health care surrogate, living will, and trust planning.
How to fund a revocable trust correctly in Florida, retitle assets, handle homestead, and avoid the mistakes that derail blended-family estate plans.
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.
