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Profile: Sarah Martello, Tax Attorney
Sarah Martello is a Florida tax attorney practicing here in Gainesville. She focuses on tax planning for individuals, business tax planning, tax controversy (settlements) and

Summary or Formal Administration in Florida
There’s a new article over on the florida probate site about the differences between summary and formal administration. Clients don’t always have a choice here,

Florida Probate Ebook available for free download!
Our Florida Probate ebook: “Understanding the Florida Probate Process” has been published! Online that is! It’s a free download and you can get it over

VietnamImmigrationLawyer.com – Immigration Attorneys for Vietnamese Nationals
Just a quick announcement. Close friends of mine, Valerie “Thao” Sobotta and Andrew Koo run a great firm based in Atlanta (Sobotta & Associates) and

Wills don’t avoid probate in Florida!
One more time: Wills DO NOT avoid probate in Florida (nope, not even in Gainesville, Ocala, Newberry or Jonesville!) My practice has become more and

Help the Sansbury Family | In memory of Madison
Today, we learned of the tragic loss of 8 month old Madison Sansbury of High Springs. Madison leaves behind her twin sister, Jordyn, her parents

“Where should I put my Will for safekeeping?”
David M. Goldman, author of FloridaEstatePlanningLawyerBlog.com wrote a post titled: “Ten Florida Estate Planning and Probate Tips – 2008” where he made one suggestion that

Do it yourself estate planning could cost your heirs $75,000.
I am beginning to see more and more Florida probate cases where the inherent problems come from the poorly drafted or executed “do it yourself”

Need to refinance mom’s house? Get probate out of the way!
I recently posted “Need to refinance mom’s house? You might need probate first!” over at our sister site: WeProbateFlorida.com. Check it for tips about probating