What Property Can Go Into a Living Trust?
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What property can be transferred into a Living Trust? Any real estate can be conveyed to the trustee of your Living Trust as long as the people who own it sign a deed, conveying it to the trustee. The conveyance needs to be to the trustee, not to the trusts. Since the Trust is simply a written document, it’s not advisable to transfer your homestead property into the Trust because it has any number of protections, and so it’s best to treat that separately and can be addressed so that it doesn’t have to go through probate, but any property can be transferred into a Living Trust. If you have any questions, well give me a call. My phone number is (727) 847-2288.
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How Do I Obtain a Death Certificate?
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How do I obtain a death certificate? The easiest way to do is to order it at the time of death from the funeral home and they will supply you with death certificates. It’s usually whoever’s paying for the funeral. They ask them how many death certificates they want a Florida resident. There are two forms of the death certificate. One is what they call a short form, which is on a shorter piece of paper, which does not show the cause of death or the complete social security number. The other one is called the long form, which is on legal size paper and does show the social security number and the cause of death. You can obtain the short form death certificate. If you don’t do it through the Secretary of State, you can make application to the state. I’m not sure whether it’s through the Bureau of Vital Statistics or just whom you make that application to obtain that you’ll have a more difficult time getting one with the cause of death and the social security number. An attorney can assist as far as obtaining these death certificates, and they simply need to indicate the purpose of obtaining these death certificates in Florida in other states. I’ve found it almost impossible to get copies of death certificates. If you have any questions, give me a call at (727) 847-2288.
What if Something Goes Wrong at the Final Walk Through?
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What happens if something goes wrong in the final walkthrough? I assume that we’re talking about a residential real estate contract, and so you look at the property and the seller agrees to maintain the property and the condition that it is when you first entered into the contract and maintain the property in that condition. So, then whenever you go through your final walkthrough, you find that there’s problems with the property depending on how severe they are. If it is a defect in the property that was never disclosed, then at the closing you can decide not to purchase the property because it was an undisclosed defect, and so simply cancel the contract and ask to get your deposit back. That may require some litigation, but you don’t want to buy defective property if it is something minor or whatever. As far as the condition of the property, they didn’t remove the debris. There’s personal property that not was supposed to be there, or some other minor thing like the repairs not being done that were supposed to be done. That can usually be done through an addendum to the contract. As far as getting that worked out as far as having attorney do that, it’s probably a little late to hire a lawyer to represent you at that stage to step in unless you are at the point where you need to litigate to get your deposit back and talk to an attorney. So, the best thing to do is probably hire an attorney from the very beginning to represent you in the transaction and be able to advise you as to what you would like to do and how you accomplish it and whether or not you can recover any of your costs. If you have any questions about residential real estate contracts, well give me a call at (727) 847-2288.
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What Do I Do if Someone is Mishandling the Estate?
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What do I do if someone is mishandling the administration of an estate? If you’re a beneficiary, then you need to hire an attorney who can then petition the court to have the personal representative of the estate removed and cite how they’re mishandling it. And if they’ve taken any money, you can also ask that they be held responsible for it. It’s called a surcharge. Surcharge, the personal representative. You’ll need to hire an attorney to do that. And so if you have any questions about trying to remove a personal representative or state being mishandled, you can call me at (727) 847-2288.
How Can I Stop the City Rezoning My Neighborhood?
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How can I stop the city rezoning my neighborhood? While the city will have to have public hearings, and you all will need to attend those public hearings to voice your opposition to being annexed to the city, and based upon that, if they, I think, have enough people in your neighborhood that are for annexation, then that’s a problem. So, the best thing to do is voice your opposition and attend the public hearings as far as the rezoning, if you have any questions about that, you can call me. It’s not an area that I practice in, but I will try and refer you to an attorney to help you as far as that’s concerned. My phone number is (727) 847-2288.
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