Your will that you bought from an online website may ignore this important rule for homestead exemptions in West Palm Beach.
The West Palm Beach probate court will respect most things you put in your will. But do you know about one major set of rules that apply to a family home that claims homestead exemptions? You may have aninvalid will and not even know it if you used a multi-state online legal documents website and did not consider the Florida homestead rules regarding to wills.
Online Legal Services
- Did you use an online website to prepare a West Palm Beach will?
- Are you sure the website has experienced Florida probate litigators who know the law and how it differs from State to State?
- West Palm Beach probate courts are going to check to make sure your will is admissiblein court.
- Experienced Palm Beach probate litigators know that drafting a will is not a matter of simply filling out forms.
- Proper drafting of a West Palm Beach estate plan requires several considerations.
- For example how many beneficiaries are you leaving behind?
- What are the tax consequences for your estate and your relatives?
- Do you plan on leaving an inheritance to minor children that may require a West Palm Beach guardian?
- These are just some of the considerations that cannot just simply be folded into a computer algorithm.
- Are you just another number in a computer’s invoice database or do you want to have an advocate whose making the right estate plan for you and your family?
- The answer seems simple.
- Failure to follow the rules could result in your property passing through intestacy.
- For example do you know the rules regarding homestead exempt property in West Palm Beach?
Florida Homestead Rules
- If you have minor children or are married listen up.
- Certain rules in West Palm Beach require you to leave homestead property to your wife and/or kids.
- What happens if you leave it to someone else?
- The Court is going to ignore that part of your will.
- Do you know if you are currently claiming your property as your homestead?
- Talk to an experienced Palm Beach probate litigator about how you can divest yourhomestead.