Plain-English writing on Florida estate, business, construction lien, injury, and litigation topics that come up in real client work.
On a bonded job the Notice to Owner is only half the work. The 45-day notice to contractor, the sworn 90-day notice of nonpayment, the one-year suit deadline, and conditional payment bonds, under section 713.23.
The client's rights statement, the three-day cancellation window, the contingency fee schedule, what happens to the fee when you switch, and your right to your file. Every rule linked to the official text.
Homestead, retirement accounts, life insurance and annuities, why a revocable trust is not asset protection, special needs trusts, and the dollar thresholds for a minor's settlement, with links.
Wills, trusts, beneficiary designations, powers of attorney and health care surrogates after divorce: the statutes, and the exceptions that leave a former spouse in place.
Civil theft treble damages and the written demand rule, civil RICO, fraudulent transfer remedies, worthless checks, restitution, and the Bar rule on criminal charges and civil matters.
Who must serve it, the 45-day deadline, the trap inside it, and what happens on day 46. The most-read lien article on the site, rebuilt.
Cruise injury claims follow the ticket contract and maritime law, not Florida's usual deadlines. Where the time limits hide and what to do first.
What happens to your company if something happens to you: buy-sell agreements, transfer restrictions, and the estate plan that has to match.
The 14-day medical rule, the two-year lawsuit deadline, and the phone calls you shouldn't take. What actually matters after a Florida crash.
Most people still think the answer is four years. It's two, and the deadlines hiding inside those two years are shorter than almost anyone expects.
No PIP, mandatory reporting to FWC, and a genuine question about which law applies. Boating cases are their own world.
The statute nobody's heard of decides these cases: you must prove the business knew, or should have known, about the hazard.
The biggest myth in Florida estate planning is that only millionaires need it. The numbers, and the reality of what an estate plan actually does, say otherwise.
Most failed Florida estate plans aren't failed because the documents were bad. They failed because nobody ever finished the funding.
Estate planning works best as a team effort. Here's how the attorney, financial advisor, insurance agent, and CPA should actually coordinate.
More posts coming, including pieces on the Corporate Transparency Act, wills vs. trusts, Florida business succession, and guardianship designations for parents of minor children. Insights are general legal commentary and not legal advice.