When a Florida resident creates a trust, there are three parties that are central to the document. The first party is the person who creates the trust who is referred to as the grantor. This person names a trustee to carry out provisions of the trust, and in some...
Florida residents may imagine a day when they can get into a car that drives itself. Companies such as Google, Apple and GM have invested time and money into driverless car technology. Intel thinks that self-driving vehicles could create an industry worth $7 trillion...
Florida residents who are creating an estate plan may assume that trusts are only useful for people who have substantial assets. However, there are a number of different types of trusts that can protect people and assets in many different ways. One of the simplest...
Business owners in Florida may be leaving themselves and their families at risk due to a lack of basic estate planning. A survey by Bloomwell showed that a sizable number of entrepreneurs had not prepared one or more of the critical documents needed for an orderly...
Florida roads have become more dangerous even with technological safety features in new vehicles, according to a study. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety looked at the accident records of the various cars, pickup trucks and SUVs sold in the United States, and...
The state of Florida has set speed limits at 70 mph on interstates, 65 mph on rural divided highways with four lanes and 60 mph on other state highways. While frantic commuters and long-distance truck drivers may approve of these measures, most road safety groups...
Taxes can eat up a chunk of an estate before any distribution of assets to beneficiaries. Florida residents looking to ensure their beneficiaries receive all or most of the assets left to them will want to consider the many trust vehicles. These have typically been...
Florida residents have likely heard about the impressive safety features fitted to Tesla's range-topping Model S. The luxury sedan has been called the safest car to ever go on sale in the United States, but it failed to impress testers from the Insurance Institute for...
There are a number of reasons that unmarried couples living together in Florida might want to create an estate plan. Without the proper documents in place, if one person is injured or ill and becomes incapacitated, the other partner is not legally entitled to make...
A car accident can happen on a Florida road in the blink of an eye, and in most cases, drivers have little or no time to prepare for one. However, there are a few steps that motorists might find it advisable to take in the immediate aftermath, especially if they were...
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