by Victoria S. Jones, Esq. | Mar 20, 2023 | Education, Estate Planning, Trust
One of the most common questions I’m asked is “Do I need a Trust?” There is not a one size fits all answer to that question. Some people it is very clear and recommended. However, most people are in a gray area as to whether they need one. A Trust is rarely a bad...
by Victoria S. Jones, Esq. | Mar 6, 2023 | Education, Estate Planning
Although it never feels the way for us, in Florida, pets are considered tangible personal property – that is pets are considered “things.” Of course they are so much more to us than our things. They are our family, our babies, our friends. Estate Planning for your...
by Victoria S. Jones, Esq. | Feb 20, 2023 | Education, Estate Planning, Probate
In Florida, a probate attorney can provide valuable services and advice and lead you to the swiftest transfer of property as possible. Florida has very special provisions for a loved one’s homestead property. If a homestead property is able to pass as homestead...
by Victoria S. Jones, Esq. | Feb 6, 2023 | Estate Planning
Although COVID is not ‘over’, we have for the most part, been able to adapt and get back to ‘normal.’ COVID was a huge life disrupter for some of us, but not all of the consequences have been bad, especially in the estate planning world. Realizing the Importance of...
by Victoria S. Jones, Esq. | Jul 9, 2018 | Health care surrogate, Health Directives, Living Will
We all know in Florida that if a hurricane comes, we need to secure our houses with ply board, stock up on water, canned food, and other essentials of living. When the forecast models start narrowing in on Florida, we dust off our generators, or frantically run to...
by Victoria S. Jones, Esq. | Jun 10, 2018 | Estate Planning, Firm news
As a child of two teachers, Vickie understands the hard work and sometimes thankless jobs teachers have. At Jones and Hitt, we would like to honor our educators, and provide a 20% discount to educators who execute their estate planning documents during the summer...
