Gay Marriage, DOMA & Florida Inheritance Rights: why there’s billions at stake (new probate & inheritance video)
Gay marriage and the rights of same sex couples to marry, and divorce, are issues which are just the tip of the legal iceberg. What about inheritance rights and rights to Palm Beach probate and property? In Florida, for example, inheritance rights for a widow or a spouse or a husband or wife are very, very valuable. Do same sex couples have inheritance rights? Does it matter whether DOMA is crumbling but same sex marriage is still outlawed in some states?
If you are interested in learning whether gay couples or same sex marriages have probate rights in Florida, here is a new, online, free video on gay marriage and inheritance rights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO0HmfaL2ZE&feature=youtu.be
Gay Marriage & Probate Rights in Florida– more valuable than you believe?
- In Florida, same sex marriage is not permitted….sort of
- The state of Florida does not recognize gay couples getting married but a recent Federal Case from the Northern District said otherwise
- While the Constitutional lawyers argue over DOMA and the validity of Florida’s ban on same sex marriage, enter the probate lawyers West Palm Beach
- Gay husbands and widows, same sex spouses in Florida: you have inheritance rights which are very valuable!
- Did you know that if a spouse does not sign a prenup, or a waiver, that you get a guaranteed inheritance under Florida’s probate laws?
- Florida’s Valuable Elective Share: A widow gets at least 30% of the Elective Estate in Florida and maybe 50-100% of the estate
- It doesn’t matter if you were married for 3 seconds or 30 years ! Duration of marriage does not come into the Florida Elective Share calculation
- Probate litigators Palm Beach know that these inheritance issues will be hotly contested — estate litigation Boca Raton–until we get more guidance from the Federal Appeals Court
- But same sex husbands and wives and widows also have rights, inheritance andprobate rights Florida, to a
- family allowance,
- joint accounts,
- retirement accounts, and
- Florida Homestead
- There’s billions of dollars at stake and same sex couples and those who are in a gay marriage may want to know what their Palm Beach probate rights are