Central Florida Estate Planning, Real Estate, and Probate Attorney
The future is uncertain, what is certain is creating a plan for yourself and your family now. Allow us to analyze your case today! Let us address your concerns and create documentation that you need for the present, and the future.
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How We Can Help
Estate Planning
Last Will & Testament
Trusts
Life Plan
Probate
Residential Closings
Commercial Closings
Title Defects
HOA and Condo Matters
Contract Review
Real Estate Documents
Liens
Foreclosures
Short Sales
Loan Modifications
Deed in Lieu
Why Choose Us
Having an Estate Plan is essential in order to protect and preserve your assets for you and your loved ones during your lifetime and after your death. We will help you customize a plan that is unique to you and your family in order to pass property at death through wills, trusts, beneficiary designation, joint ownerships, and other distribution methods. We will take into consideration the type of assets in your estate, wealth you have accumulated, tax liability, who will manage your estate, who will receive your property, who will care for minor or disabled children, and the reduction of probate costs, and tax liability. An estate plan can pass your property to loved ones without a Court probate process.
Not only is the death of a loved one a trying time, but you may also face the task of managing the property, and debts of the deceased. You may find that the deceased’s property may have to pass through a probate proceeding unless the assets are in a trust, the assets are held in joint tenancy with the right of survivorship, or the assets pass by beneficiary designation. The probate proceeding is a Court supervised legal proceeding in which the decedent’s property is identified and collected, creditors are identified, and claims, taxes, and debts are paid. After this the remaining property is distributed to the decedent’s beneficiaries. Formal probate is for estates where the value of real property, excluding homestead, is more than $75,000.00. Summary Administration is a simplified procedure where the value of the real property, excluding homestead, is less than $75,000.00 or the decedent has been dead for two years or more. Let us help you navigate the process of probating your loved one’s estate.
About Michael Newman
Michael Newman is a licensed Attorney in the State of Florida and South Carolina with over 18 years of legal experience. Michael practices in the areas of real estate law and title insurance, estate planning, probate, asset protection, and credit counseling. In addition, Michael has assisted clients with consumer debt settlement, foreclosure/mortgage matters and real estate title and closings. Helping his neighbors in Central Florida as their life events happen is one of the most rewarding responsibilities that Michael feels grateful to be part of. From estate planning, to purchasing a home, these are big decisions and you deserve a partner that can protect you for many years to come.
Michael Newman
Licensed in Florida and South Carolina