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Blog articles from the attorneys at Stross Law Firm, P.A. with topics related to estate planning, business law, real estate, probate and trust administration.
Is Owner’s Title Insurance Optional?
[separator] There’s a new rule that is brewing in Washington D. C. While agencies are simply people trying to do right for the consumer, this rule has a dark side. If the proposed rule is approved, it will have unintended, negative consequences. The proposed rule...
Arbitration Language May Be On Solid Ground
[separator] The California Supreme Court in Pinnacle Museum Tower Association v. Pinnacle Market Development (US), LLC ruled that the arbitration provisions in a document called “Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions” (CC&Rs) are enforceable. The California...
Defense of Marriage Act Held Unconstitutional in Lower Federal Courts
[separator] In the federal lawsuit entitled Windsor v. United States, the federal court held that the federal law called the “Defense of Marriage Act” or DOMA violates the U. S. Constitution’s equal protection clause of the 5th Amendment. In Florida estate planning...
Roth IRA Conversion – Year End IRA Estate Planning
As this is being written, it’s the 4th of July, 2012. Virtually everyone is enjoying our great summer holiday; probably few are concerned with year-end planning. While reminding folks of a scheduled tax increase is not music to one’s ears, there is something you can...
Jointly Owned Real Estate – “The Rest of the Story” (part 2)
Whether it concerns one’s estate plan or their real estate, it seems there is hardly a week that doesn’t go by without someone requesting that we prepare a deed to change the ownership of property from individual to multiple owners. In our last post, there is a...
Jointly Owned Real Estate – The Rest of the Story
As a Florida estate planning attorney with a real estate attorney background, frequently I’m asked to change the ownership of real estate from an individual, or a married couple, to a joint ownership with “rights of survivorship” (“JTWRS”). Virtually every time the...