Brandon Legal Group

09/04/2026

Freedom is not a mood. It is a decision.

09/03/2026

Thriving feels like sunlight under your skin.

09/02/2026

A Lady Bird deed transfers Florida homestead property to named beneficiaries automatically at death, bypassing probate while preserving the owner's full control during life. It can help avoid probate-based Medicaid estate recovery and many creditor problems without sacrificing homestead exemption, property tax benefits, or the ability to sell or mortgage. The protection is real—but only if the deed is drafted, recorded, and aligned with the rest of the estate plan.
Property passes outside probate in two ways: by contract or by deed structure. Lady Bird deeds—enhanced life estate deeds—belong to the second category, and they deliver what most people want without the things most people fear. No loss of control. No gift tax. No Medicaid transfer penalty. No probate. The homestead stays protected, the tax bill stays low, and the owner keeps every right to sell, mortgage, or revoke until the moment of death.

Lady Bird deeds transfer Florida homestead at death without probate while preserving full control, Medicaid protection, and tax benefits during life.

09/02/2026

A healthcare surrogate makes medical decisions when incapacity strikes and the patient cannot speak. Florida law defines what authority they hold, what decisions they can and cannot make, and what happens when no designation exists. The document sitting unsigned in a drawer does nothing when the crisis arrives.
The ventilator hums. The attending physician needs an answer—surgery, comfort care, aggressive intervention, or withdrawal. The patient cannot respond. Someone must decide. That someone is determined by a document most people sign once and never think about again, or by a statute most families discover only when the ICU social worker hands them a photocopied flowchart. Healthcare surrogate designation is not theoretical. It is the transfer of life-and-death authority at the moment clarity is gone and time is short.

Florida Statute § 765.202 governs the designation.

Florida healthcare surrogates hold life-and-death medical authority when patients lose capacity. Learn what they can decide, what they cannot, and how disputes arise.

09/02/2026

The paperwork is frustrating. The future it protects matters.

09/01/2026

Your ability to love was not the problem. The wrong person was.

08/31/2026

TL;DR: Florida law requires written notice before most relocations with a child — but the trigger isn't the distance traveled. It's whether the move materially affects the existing timesharing schedule. Missing that threshold, or misjudging it, can turn a routine move into a contested relocation case with serious consequences.

Plenty of parents assume they can move freely within Florida as long as they stay in-state. Others think fifty miles is the magic number. Both assumptions collapse the moment a motion to relocate lands in court. The statute doesn't care about county lines or odometer readings. It cares about one thing: whether the move disrupts the current parenting plan. Misjudge that, and a parent faces contempt, an emergency hearing, or worse — an order sending the child back.

Understanding what actually triggers the notice requirement keeps a straightforward relocation from becoming a protracted custody fight.

Florida relocation notice hinges on material disruption to timesharing, not just distance. Learn when the fifty-mile rule applies and what triggers compliance.

08/31/2026

You can be tired and still be brave.