Trillions of $ At Stake in Florida Inheritance Rights: September 18, 2014 lecture on Florida Probate & Inheritance Rights for Same Sex Marriage

There are billions and trillions of dollars at stake in inheritance rights in Florida that no one is talking about.

Question:   Why is no one talking about inheritance rights for same sex marriage?

Do Same Sex Couples Have Inheritance Rights in Florida ?

• With the Windsor case from last summer, in 2013, where the US Supreme Court struck down DOMA, the winds of legal change continue to blow
• But same sex couples’ ability to marry is just the tip of the legal iceberg
• Florida is now the 19th state where a federal district court has struck down DOMA
• This means a lot more for gay marriage and same sex couples than simply the right the marry
• There’s a lot more at stake, including billions or trillions in Florida inheritance rights & probate rights
• I’m talking IRA’s, retirement accounts, joint bank accounts, Florida Homestead, Florida Probate Code rights, etc.

$41 Trillion in Inheritances — Florida Probate Law Firms Know

• The Boston College Center on Wealth & Philanthropy has estimated that $41 Trillion will be inherited or transferred from the WWII generation to the Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y and the Millenials
• This massive wealth shift means there’s a lot at stake when someone dies in Florida; whether you have a Florida Probate or a Florida Revocable Trust
• Gay couple in Ft. Lauderdale with a Broward County Probate?
• Question: What are your inheritance rights if you were married in Mass., Cali or Hawaii?
• In Florida, Florida probate lawyers know that a surviving spouse, or a Florida widow, has many inheritance rights and legal, or probate, advantages
• Florida homestead, tenancy by the entirety properties, rights to retirement accounts under federal law, Florida’s elective share, Family Allowance
• So, what’s my point?………….Well………
• If gay marriage is permitted in Florida, if same sex couples are allowed to marry, then those spouses, those widows, who previously had no “widow rights” will all of a sudden have valuable $$$ rights to Florida probate & inheritances
• Question:  How will your family deal with it?

Same Sex Marriage & Inheritance Rights:  There’s Trillion$ at $take

• John Pankauski, senior trial attorney and probate litigator at the Pankauski Law Firm PLLC  in West Palm Beach, will speak on inheritances for same sex couples if they can validly marry in Florida
• Interested in the recent Judge Hinkle ruling from the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida (Ritter v. Scott) ?
• Wondering about 18 other federal courts that have overturned DOMA?
• Why does Florida not recognize valid same sex marriages entered into in other states?
• Thursday, September 18, 2014, sponsored by PNC Wealth Management
• Earn Florida continuing education credit for this Florida probate seminar
• Your contact: Julian “Jody” White at 561-650-1435 or julian.white@pnc.com