Leave Your Family Treats, not Tricks
As the South Florida “fall” weather drops three degrees and pumpkin lattes start making you nauseous, it is the perfect time to talk about some genuinely frightening situations where estate planning can change your family’s path forever. At OC Estate & Elder Law, we know life can be a lot like Halloween: you never […]
Inherited a Florida Property? We Can Help.
Tangled Titles and Florida Inherited Real Estate With Multiple Heirs Can Be Spooky. Inherited property can come with more questions than answers. Who owns it? Who can sell it? What happens when several family members inherit the same home? And what if everyone lives in different states? When probate, multiple heirs, an out-of-state property, […]
Fall Into Trouble: Top 5 Legal Mistakes People Make in September
September is an oddball month. The kids go back to school leaving a trail of eerily abandoned devices, hurricane season peaks and many ask themselves if the cheap cruise deals are worth the risk to human life, and of course, pumpkin-spice products invade every corner of Whole Foods. But – for those paying attention – […]
Florida’s Legal Glow-Up: New Probate Laws That Actually Make Sense
In this month of America’s 250th birthday celebration, Florida lit a few sparklers of its own with a burst of exciting legal changes for our sunshine state residents. On July 1, 2026, Florida’s notoriously slow, paperwork-obsessed probate and trust laws got a massive tech-era upgrade. While our state lawmakers spent the spring squabbling about baby […]
Messi, Ronaldo, or Billionaire Women: Who is Richer in 2026?
The 2026 FIFA World Cup has brought multitudes of late night spit-out-your-coffee moments. From Messi’s hat tricks and his Nutmeg (where he passes the ball through his opponent’s legs and gets it on the other side), Mbappe’s Rabona (a flashy move where he wraps one leg behind the other and…boom), and Ronaldo’s Panenka (boldest penalty […]
World Cup 2026 Airbnb Boom: Should Your Miami Property be in a Trust, LLC, or Your Name?
Hold onto your cafecito – Miami is about to become one of the busiest cities in the world as the 2026 FIFA World Cup brings millions of visitors, cash flow, and chaos to South Florida. Between packed stadiums, celebrity visitors, and millions of fans traveling through South Florida, the city is expected to experience a […]
Top 5 “Do It Yourself” Estate Planning Mistakes (That We Fix)
Tsk, tsk…you are not a lone wolf. You should not be doing estate planning on your own. Unfortunately, it is not a do-it-yourself project. One of the less glamorous truths of the legal profession is that attorneys often earn their living correcting costly mistakes. In fact, after more than 15 years of encountering nearly every […]
From Taxing Cow Farts to Iranian Hostages – 6 Ridiculous Tax Laws You Will Hopefully Never Deal With
Congratulations! If you are reading this, it means you survived April 15! Yet, there is often a lingering sense that no matter what you did, you might have done it wrong. Here are a few tax laws that scream THE GOVERNMENT GOT IT WRONG, but still… they were enacted. From the Cow-Fart Tax to from […]
Scam Alert: How We Nearly Got Caught in a Bank Impersonation Scheme
I have spent my career advising clients how to identify risk and protect themselves from financial harm – yet recently, I experienced firsthand how convincing modern financial fraud schemes have become. I was targeted by an individual impersonating a bank officer from the institution where my family and my law practice maintain our accounts. What […]
An Expensive Lesson: Why Moving Property to an LLC Could Triple Your Florida Property Taxes
How many times have you scrolled past an Instagram Reel, YouTube Short, or TikTok confidently telling you to transfer your investment property into an LLC for “asset protection?” These content creators love to sell the dream: move the property into an LLC and—poof!—it is magically shielded from tenant lawsuits, credit card debt, divorce, or whatever […]
