If you are getting your Florida estate planning documents in place like a will or Florida revocable trust (also called a living trust or a “revocable living trust”), have you considered who will make health care decisions for you if you are unable to?
Florida Health Care Documents: Free Florida Health Care Surrogate Form
- Your estate may be all set with a will and revocable trust, but before you get there….
- Q: Do you have your health care documents in place?
- Consider Florida law Chapter 765.203, which you can view online
- http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0765/Sections/0765.203.html
- It’s a free designation of health care surrogate form
- The Florida estate law just before it, 765.202 actually describes what a health care surrogate is and does: check it out
- Get a free Florida Living Will form
- Go to : Florida estate law: 765.303
- http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=765.303&URL=0700-0799/0765/Sections/0765.303.html
- Read the section of Florida estate law just before it, 765.302, to learn about the PROCEDURE for making a living will
We are all heading there….so, before you get there…. make sure your Palm Beach estate plan is in place……………for your family and loved ones.
Florida Estate Planning Tips
- Finally, seriously….don’t go it alone. Pay a few bucks to get a decent Florida probate lawyer to draft these documents for you.
- He or she can also review your existing wills and trusts or advise you about the Palm Beach probate process
- Our probate law firm in West Palm Beach does not draft estate plans and does not write Florida wills and trusts: we only handle Florida probate administration and litigation involving wills, trusts & estates.