Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning 

We Can Help with Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning in Florida

Rhodes Law, P.A. of Melbourne, FL focuses on Estate and Medicaid Planning, Asset Protection, Probate, Trust Administration, Guardianship and Guardian Advocacy.

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Estate planning has evolved to encompass a wide range of planning tools, such as wills and trusts to more modern solutions like advanced care directives, asset protection and living wills. Give our helpful estate planning professionals a call today to book a free consultation.

Estate Planning Services

We offer a comprehensive range of professional estate planning services that include wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, designation of healthcare surrogates, living wills and more. 

Wills

Wills are legal documents that specify what should happen if you die or are unable to make decisions for yourself. A conventional defines what should happen in the event of your death. A living will specifies what should happen if you are unable to care for yourself.

Why Do I Need a Will?

If you don’t have a will or proper estate planning in place, your assets will be distributed according to the state's intestacy laws. This means that if you die without a will (intestate), and the state is unable to locate any surviving relatives, the government can seize your entire estate.

Living Wills

If you become ill or injured, your loved ones may not know what to do if you don't have a living will or an advanced care directive in place.

Trusts

A trust is a more complex method of estate planning, in which you set up a separate legal entity to hold some or all of your assets.

Trusts are powerful tools that can help avoid probate, a lengthy legal process that determines what happens to the parts of your estate that haven't already been given away. A trust can protect your assets, help to avoid paying unnecessary taxes, care for your loved ones and pets and handle a variety of other estate planning situations.

Special Needs Trusts and Services

If you or a member of your family suffer from a debilitating condition, we can help with special needs trusts and other services designed to safeguard your assets and your family's welfare. We can also help you structure an estate plan that will restrict access to assets until a beneficiary reaches a certain age or milestone.

Letters of Attorney

With a Power of Attorney, you authorize someone to act in your place and on your behalf. This power can be restricted or unrestricted. Because a power of attorney confers legal authority on the person you choose, it's critical to select someone you can trust, such as a sibling, parent, or close friend.

A lasting power of attorney will not be revoked if you become physically or mentally incapable of making decisions. A non-lasting power of attorney, on the other hand, will be revoked if you become unable to make decisions.



If you don't have a power of attorney, the court can appoint someone to act as your guardian.

Protect Your Loved Ones by Planning Your Estate

Our trusted team can advise you on the benefits and drawbacks of various trusts to help you better understand estate planning and funding issues. Give our friendly team a call today to learn more!