Fort Lauderdale estate and probate firm serving Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties, and out-of-state families with property here. Handles formal and summary administration and trust administration, plus wills, trusts, powers of attorney, lady-bird deeds, guardianship, and Medicaid planning. The office does not litigate.
Probate in Miami-Dade County
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Miami-Dade County · 11th Judicial Circuit
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Asset Protection Firms Serving Miami-Dade County
Spring Hill practice serving Hernando County, with a second office in Key West (Monroe County). David A. Buck limits the practice to estate planning and estate administration: formal, summary, and ancillary probate, creditor claims, successor trustee guidance, and trust accountings. Over 30 years of practice.
Fort Lauderdale two-attorney firm in which both partners hold Florida Bar board certification: David Shulman in Wills, Trusts and Estates and Jill Ginsberg in Elder Law. Handles probate and trust administration for Broward and Palm Beach fiduciaries, plus guardianship — including emergency temporary guardianship — estate planning, and asset protection. Takes probate matters anywhere in Florida.
Winter Park firm serving Orange County and, in probate matters, the entire state of Florida. Represents estate administrators, executors, trustees, and fiduciaries; handles intestate estates, probate real estate, will contests, and probate litigation; and drafts wills, testamentary trusts, and advance directives. Co-founder John R. Gierach has 43 years of experience and an AV Preeminent rating.
Palm Beach Gardens elder law and estate planning firm with offices in Boynton Beach and Port St. Lucie, practicing since 1988. Handles probate and trust administration, estate litigation, Medicaid and veterans benefits planning, and wealth-transfer tax planning. Joseph S. Karp holds both Florida Bar and national elder law certification.
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Forms for Planning Your Estate in Florida
Free forms for planning your estate in Florida: will, living trust, pour-over will, powers of attorney and TOD deed. Prepare each form for Florida.
Revocable Living Trust
Create a revocable living trust to avoid probate, protect privacy, and control asset distribution.
Pour-Over Will
In Florida, a pour-over will is signed before 2Fla. Stat. § 732.502Verified Oct 18, 2026View source witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.
Transfer on Death Deed
Transfer real property to a beneficiary upon your death without probate. Available in 34 states and the District of Columbia.
Last Will and Testament
In Florida, a will is signed before 2Fla. Stat. § 732.502Verified Oct 18, 2026View source witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimonyFla. Stat. § 732.502Verified Oct 18, 2026View source.
Tools for Planning Your Estate in Florida
Free tools for planning your estate in Florida: will and trust costs, trust or TOD deed, and the signing rules. Run each tool for Florida and read its answer.
Trust or Will: Which Costs Less?
In Florida, a will-based plan pays probate attorney fees on a statutory schedule presumed reasonableFla. Stat. § 733.6171Verified Sep 8, 2026View source; a funded revocable trust keeps those assets out of probate and off that fee.
How Much Does a Revocable Living Trust Cost?
An attorney-prepared revocable living trust in Florida runs $4,320Estimate: 10 hours at $432, Clio's Florida Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source to $6,480Estimate: 15 hours at $432, Clio's Florida Trusts rate; Compare Lawyer Rates, 2025 dataVerified Oct 15, 2026View source for an individual, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.
Do I Need a TOD Deed?
Florida does not authorize transfer on death deeds; sole-name real property goes through probate, at least 6 months for a simple estate, unless held in a trust or with a right of survivorship.
Are My Beneficiary Designations Protected?
Florida automatically revokes an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorceFla. Stat. § 732.703Verified Sep 15, 2026View source; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.
