Florida’s Governor is expected to sign a bill that was passed by the Florida Senate on April 29th, 2011 which will apparently retroactively make a charging order the sole and exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a member or a member’s assignee may satisfy a judgment from a…
While a Gun Trust can provide guidance to your family and friends on how to transfer the legal ownership of Title I and Title II firearms, some individuals do not have anyone to leave their firearms to or want them to provide other benefits. The NRA has a program where…
St. Augustine has a prominent and growing gay population, and like numerous other gay Floridians, they are doing their part in executing legal papers to protect themselves, their same-sex partners, and children. The LGBT community in Florida are not afforded any inherent rights when it comes to same-sex couples. Despite…
Going to an attorney may be a difficult step for many. Being gay and unsure as to how you may be received by an attorney, may stop more than many. Jacksonville Beach Residents, Atlantic Beach residents, erase your fear. Law Office of David M. Goldman PLLC has Estate Planning &…
While estate taxes are not a compelling reason for most of us to make an estate plan this year, there are many other reasons that provoke strong emotions and the need to do proper planning. Below is reason number 10. If you know someone who needs an estate plan, please…
St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Orange Park gay employees get ready. Orange County, Orlando Florida, will now offer gay employees the same benefits that heterosexual employees receive. Orange County Commissioners unanimously approved new benefits for gay employees to include life, health, dental, and bereavement benefits. These equal benefit changes will take effect…
All Jacksonville residents should remember Terri Schiavo, the St. Petersburg, Florida woman who made national news in 2005. Terri Schiavo had been in a coma for years and was diagnosed by doctors as being in a persistent vegetative state. The hotly debated issue between the husband and parents was whether…
Do Gay and Lesbian individuals living in Jacksonville know that according to the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), there are approximately 1,138 rights and benefits that the federal government provides to heterosexual couples that are NOT provided to same-sex couples (even if legally married in their state)? Again, 1,138…
As a Jacksonville Beach Estate Planning Attorney I have heard countless stories of trustees who have been entrusted to administer, distribute, and account for trust funds to family members and beneficiaries . . . who DON’T! Sad but true, the death of a grantor, trustor, or settlor of a trust…
With the current Gift tax exemption at 5 million dollars + 13,000 per person per year, many people are not concerned about making gifts or the taxes. It is important to remember that unless a gift tax return is filed with annual gifts to an individual exceed $13,000 there could…