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What Are Some Use Cases of a Power of Attorney?
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. February 9, 2016 What Are Some Use Cases of a Power of Attorney? When we start to plan for our future, we have to think about what will happen when we can’t make decisions for ourselves. Who will make those important decisions for us? And,...
04 – Who are the Material Parties in Probate?
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. January 9, 2018 Who are the Material Parties in Probate? Read this post to learn more about the process before proceeding. Estate administration (or probate) can be a lengthy court process. As you learned earlier, it requires addressing...
We Know We Can’t Stop Aging, But It’s Always a Surprise; a Power of Attorney can help
We Know We Can’t Stop Aging, But It’s Always a Surprise September 14, 2014 By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. One of the main reasons to go through estate planning is to make sure that your family is taken care of after you’re gone and that your assets go where...
Read This Before Coronavirus Scares You into Creating an Online DIY Will
Read This Before Coronavirus Scares You into Creating an Online DIY Will By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. April 16, 2020 As the country continues to deal with this coronavirus pandemic, news sources report a surge in DIY will creation coast-to-coast. In the wake of the...
What Is a Persistent Vegetative State?
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. December 22, 2015 What Is a Persistent Vegetative State? For many families, witnessing a loved one enter a persistent vegetative state is incredibly traumatic and hard to understand. Different than a coma, a persistent vegetative state is a...
Annual Reports and Meeting Minutes
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. February 19, 2018 Annual Reports and Meeting Minutes You formed a business to separate your personal assets from your business creditors right? It's called limited liability, and it's the most common reason we find people organize their...
What’s a Limited Power of Attorney?
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. February 23, 2016 What’s a Limited Power of Attorney? A Power of Attorney is a legal document that allows someone else to act on your behalf if you become incapacitated or are unavailable to perform an activity. It is one of many important...
Preparing for the Worst of Coronavirus: What Existing Estate Planning Documents Should You Review?
Preparing for the Worst of Coronavirus: What Existing Estate Planning Documents Should You Review? By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. April 9, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc around the world and caught the vast majority of us completely off guard. People of all...
What’s a Power of Attorney?
What's a Power of Attorney? By Barry E. Haimo, Esq. March 30, 2013 What is a Power of Attorney? A power of attorney is a document that appoints an attorney-in-fact as your agent to administer your financial and administrative affairs on your behalf. It can...
01 – What’s Estate Administration or Probate?
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. January 22, 2016 What's Estate Administration or Probate? When a person passes away, his or her affairs have to be wound up and settled. There are three basic components of Estate Administration, or Probate, which we refer to the ABCs: Assets,...
10 – Why Do We Use Surveys?
Why do we use surveys? Presently, Haimo Law utilizes two surveys: an initial intake survey and an end of representation survey. Intake survey: the initial intake survey helps focus the meeting by identifying important issues in advance. It gathers your contact...
Understanding Different Kinds of Trusts
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. August 31, 2017 Understanding Different Kinds of Trusts The best way to learn about the different kinds of trusts available to you is to sit down with a knowledgeable Florida estate planning attorney and explain what you are looking for. Why?...
Sometimes Florida’s Elderly Need to Be Guarded from Guardianship
Sometimes Florida’s Elderly Need to Be Guarded from Their Guardians By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. September 8, 2015 Few would refer to Florida’s guardianship system as “perfect.” In fact, many would use the term “flawed” or even “corrupt.” Florida’s imperfect...
Tax Planning in 2020: Four Tips for Big Savings
Tax Planning in 2020: Four Tips for Big Savings By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. April 2, 2020 You may feel like you just closed the books on last year’s filings, and here we are — the tax season is upon us again. Compared to 2019, preparation will likely run a bit...
COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Loan Program (PPP)
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. March 29, 2020 Legislation is being proposed and hopefully signed into law to assist businesses maintain their employee workforce by providing PPP loans. PPP loans will be made by lenders who are currently approved as 7(a) lenders or who are...
Trusts Are Like Toothpaste Tubes
Trusts Are Like Toothpaste Tubes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGBd1olqIe8&t=12s You read the title correctly. Trusts are in fact a lot like toothpaste tubes. Let me tell you how. First, you have full control over how much toothpaste is squeezed...
The Importance of Communication in Estate Planning: Between Your Attorney and You
The Importance of Communication in Estate Planning: Between Your Attorney and You By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. March 26, 2020 Communicating your vision of how you leave a legacy behind can be more difficult than you initially imagine. Some people aren’t aware of...
What’s an Inside Creditor?
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. April 14, 2016 What’s an Inside Creditor? When you’ve worked hard for something, you will do anything to protect it. You don’t want your assets or your business vulnerable to creditors, but how do you protect them? Well, the...
An Unlawfully dishonored Living Will – Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KICpGOiCpsk An Unlawfully dishonored Living Will - Part 2 By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. January 6, 2014 Last week we wrote a post about the unfortunate and tragic story of a 13 year old teenager - Jahi McMath - who experienced...
Top 5 Complications in Probate
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. June 29, 2017 Handling assets after a loved one’s death is never easy. Bumps in the road are inevitable, especially if they had a large or complicated estate. If you are preparing to begin the probate process for a loved one’s estate, know...
Why Is a Living Will Important?
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. January 12, 2016 Why Is a Living Will Important? No one enjoys thinking about the possibility of being diagnosed with a terminal illness. But as we near the end of our lives, the likelihood of coming down with an incurable condition...
Kobe Bryant’s Death Is an Estate Planning Reminder To All
Kobe Bryant's Death Is an Estate Planning Reminder To All By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. March 19, 2020 Sometimes it’s a death of a close relative. Other times, it’s the loss of a friend. Then there are those celebrity deaths that hit a large number of people hard. Like...
Who Needs a Power of Attorney?
By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. April 5, 2016 Who Needs a Power of Attorney? With a Power of Attorney, you can give someone else the authority to make decisions and act on your behalf for a wide variety of reasons. For this reason, a Power of Attorney, or POA, is an...
Estate Planning for the 2020 Election
Estate Planning for the 2020 Election By: Barry E. Haimo, Esq. March 12, 2020 There are so many big stories in politics right now that it’s tempting to shut down your computer, turn off your phone, and ignore everything that’s happening. Headlines about impeachment,...
New Guardianship Laws Could Provide Alternatives to Probate
New Guardianship Laws Could Provide Alternatives to Probate Barry E. Haimo, Esq. June 4, 2015 Very few would call Florida’s guardianship program “perfect.” In fact, many—including the Miami New Times— would go as far as to call it “much-maligned” and in desperate need...
