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“But I Thought My Assets Were Already in my Trust!”

Posted on February 27, 2016 Written by Paul M. Stokes Leave a Comment

Revocable Trusts have been sold by many in the estate planning industry as the panacea for all difficulties in dealing with assets when their owner dies.  “If I have a Revocable Trust,” a layperson might say, “then I avoid probate.” This idea often reflects the mistaken impression that a person’s mere signing of the trust […]

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Paul M. Stokes works at Stokes McMillan Antunez, P.A., received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, and is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Wills, Trusts & Estates.

This site focuses on Florida law and is for educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for an engagement with a competent attorney. The events in the posts do not identify actual clients. Those events are sufficiently fictional to preserve confidentiality. In telling his stories, however, the author does not compromise the points being made.

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