Newsletter: August 2026
Back-to-School...and Back toYour Estate Plan As summer begins to wind down, and families prepare for a new school year and the busy months ahead, it's the perfect time to pause and make sure your estate plan is still up to…
Newsletter: September 2025
Are you registered with your County's Property Alert Notice System? Check out Attorney Audra Platt's video for more information. If you are located in Sumter, Lake or Marion County, you can click on your county for more registration information. Sumter…
Newsletter: December 2024
Spread Holiday Cheer by Sharing Your Peace of Mind For the folks who have completed your estate plan, celebrate the peace of mind you’ve created by establishing your estate plan! You’ve given your loved ones a priceless gift—the reassurance that…
Everything You Need to Know about Remarriage
You probably already know that most marriages in the U.S., around 50%, end in divorce. According to data from 2013, 64% of previously married men had remarried that same year, compared to 52% of divorced or widowed women. However, the…
What is Planned Giving?
Toward the end of the year and beginning of the New Year, you may think about your legal, financial, and tax planning. You may also consider giving to one or more charitable organizations. Combine these together and you have the…
Thanksgiving and Gratitude – Top Veterans charities to donate to because they’re reputable
Thanksgiving, celebrated in November in the U.S., is a time when most people give “thanks” for what they have in their lives, from family to great health. But it’s also a time to remember veterans who fought for the freedoms…
My Neighbor Says I Need an Annuity. Do I?
You’re not taking financial and legal counsel from your neighbor, are you? Perhaps he or she told you that you need to get an annuity. Do you even know what this is? If not, you could make one of the…
My Neighbor Says Add My Child to my Asset
We all have them…A well-meaning neighbor. Yours may have an interest in law. And thanks to popular “legal” television shows, he or she may attempt to give you advice based on fictional or so-called “real” cases. For example, if your…