Estate Planning Attorneys in South Florida

We Can Help You Secure Your Family’s Future, serving Pompano Beach & Fort Lauderdale

At Bilu Law, we know planning your estate is one of the most important tasks you’ll undertake. We work to ensure each base is covered so that you can relax.

Our attorneys can create estate plans that facilitate the handling of:

• Taxes
• Wills
• Insurance
• Property
• And trusts

We possess significant knowledge in this ever-changing area of law and can help you adjust your plan as time goes on and change is needed.

We handle estates from the simple to the complex and offer a wide range of services, including:

• Wills, Estates, and Trusts
• Durable Powers of Attorney
• Living Wills
• Health-Care Surrogates
• Charitable Gift Planning
• Estate tax Planning
• Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts
• Living Trusts

To get help from our estate planning attorneys in South Florida, reach out to Bilu Law online or by calling (954) 239-7386. We offer free consultations for all first-time clients.

What Are the Benefits of Having an Estate Plan?

An estate plan is a vital part of financial management and provides peace of mind. Everyone’s circumstances are unique, so having an estate plan tailored to your circumstances can provide clear direction on how assets are to be divided upon death or in the event of incapacity.

Having an estate plan can:

• Ensure that your wishes are respected and followed
• Protect your assets from being depleted by taxes and other expenses
• Provide for family members who are dependent on you financially
• Help to reduce the amount of time it takes to transfer assets upon death or incapacity
• Provide clarity over the distribution of assets to beneficiaries
• Minimize taxes payable on the estate by utilizing strategies such as gifting and trusts
• Protect your interests if you become incapacitated by appointing a trusted person to manage your affairs
• Help establish guardianship for any minor children or disabled dependents

By having an estate plan in place, you can protect yourself, your family and your assets from unnecessary stress and disruption. An estate plan provides a way for you to take control of your financial future. It is in everyone’s best interest to have an estate plan tailored to their individual circumstances.

Wills & Trusts

Too many people wait to establish wills and trusts because they simply don’t want to think about them. But it is so important to put your wishes in a legal document so that they can be carried out and not challenged. Frankly, if your wills and trusts are not set up correctly, you might as well not have done them.

Who Needs A Will?

Often, people think that if they don’t yet have children, they don’t need a will. Everyone should have a will regardless of how many relatives they have or how they’re related to them. You may have assets you aren’t aware of that can be safely passed on to someone you care about, even a friend. If you die without a will, a court will decide how to distribute those assets.

One quite common situation occurs when one spouse dies, followed shortly by the death of the surviving spouse. Florida law says the first spouse’s assets go to the surviving spouse. But, when that second spouse dies, all of the assets go to the second spouse’s family. The first spouse’s family gets nothing.

How Does a Trust Work?

A simple will can make sure your assets go to whomever you wish. Trusts are also a vital planning tool. In many cases, trusts can save an estate a good deal of money on taxes. Our estate planning attorneys in South Florida can advise you on whether your estate and your goals warrant establishing a trust.

Then we can draft a trust that will achieve those goals. We handle revocable and irrevocable trusts and living trusts. We also will administer trusts on clients’ behalf.

Will, Estate & Trust Disputes

Legal disputes over wills or trusts can be even more devastating emotionally than financially to the parties involved. Whether you are the person disputing, or the person attempting to preserve the intent, emotions run high and are exacerbated by confusing probate laws.

Just the prospect of our own or a loved one’s death prompts psychological turmoil, sometimes pitting generation against generation and tearing families apart. Wills and trusts may be disputed by individuals who feel unfairly excluded from financial benefit.

Well-meaning people may make decisions about their estates in conditions of physical infirmity or emotional confusion, when they are not truly competent to decide such important matters. In the worst-case scenario, unscrupulous or self-serving people may be pressuring an elderly person in failing health to make bequests that do not reflect his or her true desires.

How Our Pompano Beach Will Dispute Attorneys Can Help

Our attorneys at Bilu Law have the experience to see through emotional logjams, to review relevant documents and laws, and to advise you of your legal rights with honesty, respect, and compassion. We understand that disputes over wills and trusts come at a time of emotional turmoil.

Our will disputes lawyers have the judgment to help you make informed decisions. Regardless of the situation, we at Bilu Law know the pitfalls, and the sensitivity required in seeking resolution.

We have the expertise to analyze medical history, if that is relevant. And, consistent with our mission to find justice for our clients, we have the judgment to help you make informed decisions about estate litigation.