Answers to Your Questions

WHAT IS A PET TRUST AND WHY WOULD I WANT ONE?

A pet trust is an arrangement newly authorized by Florida law, which allows for the establishment of a trust fund which will support and maintain any pets which survive you. Florida law allows you to designate the amount of resources needed to fund the pet trust, who will be the trustee and, optionally, who will be the trust protector to ensure that the Trustee handles the trust funds as you have directed.

Setting up a pet trust will afford your family peace of mind, secure in the knowledge that your pets will be provided for. We can work with you to set up a pet trust.

WHY WOULD I WANT A POWER OF ATTORNEY?

Powers of attorney allow you to designate a trusted person or persons to step into your shoes if you are unable to do something yourself, because you are traveling or ill or disabled or otherwise unavailable. These situations are rarely foreseeable, so it is important to have a power of attorney ready to use when / if necessary. While a durable power of attorney can be terminated by you at any time, if you leave it in force it will remain effective even if you should become incompetent. We will be happy to help you to create a power of attorney.