Florida Probate Lawyers, Estate Planning, Elder Law (Medicaid Planning) Attorneys

The Florida probate lawyer and attorney associated with The Palm Coast and Flagler Beach Probate Lawyer, has over 30 years experience as a Florida lawyer, and assists those who need legal representation in Florida probate courts and trust administration, will contests, will disputes, and guardianships, in Florida probate courts in Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Beverly Beach, Bunnell and all parts of Flagler County, Florida.  Our experience includes estate planning, wills and trusts, elder law, Special Needs Trust planning, guardianships, Medicaid planning, providing durable powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney, living wills, and other advance directives.  Let us put our 30+ years of experience to work for you.

As an experienced Florida probate and trust lawyer and attorney, we know how important it is for the probate estate administration process to be completed as soon as reasonably possible, and as efficiently as possible, regardless of whether the estate is simply to probate a deed, a straight forward last will and testament, an intestate estate (one without a will), or a large estate that is subject to the estate tax.  We also have extensive experience in the handling of guardianships, and elder law matters such as preparing Medicaid spend down plans to obtain Medicaid benefits for those restricted to a skilled nursing facility. For your consultation to determine how we may assist you in your wills and trusts or other estate planning needs, Medicaid planning, probate or trust administration, or guardianship needs please call us toll free at 888-492-2468 or email us at Info@ThePalmCoastProbateLawyer.com .

We provide our probate estate, wills and trusts, and elder law clients with complete and timely information regarding the status and activities of each probate, will, or trust case, Medicaid spend down plan or application for benefits, and guardianships. We are familiar with the Florida probate law, wills and trusts law, guardianship law, Medicaid eligibility law, Florida probate rules, Florida probate courts and the Florida probate forms necessary for complying with Florida probate law. Our Florida probate lawyer and trust attorney counsels our clients on each phase of the probate estate administration or the trust administration process and provides direction for each step that must be taken. Our Florida probate and trust lawyer and attorney promptly responds to all questions that are asked, and patiently provides our clients with a complete explanation of what needs to be done to comply with Florida probate law, Medicaid planning, guardianships, or the preparation and implementation of estate planning documents and advance directives, and why.

As an experienced Florida probate, elder law, guardianship, and wills and trusts, lawyer and attorney, we understand the emotional issues that become involved in estate planning, advanced directives, guardianships, placing a loved one in a skilled nursing facility, and dealing with those probate matters associated with a loved one's death.

Our legal fees for representing you in Florida probate courts for the administration of a probate estate or a trust administration will depend on the facts and circumstances of your particular case. Often our probate, wills and trusts lawyers, elder law attorney, and guardianship lawyer, will work on a flat fee or fixed fee basis. Other times, a probate lawyer's or trust attorney's hourly rates are appropriate. In particular, if your probate administration is for the sole purpose of a real estate probate, i.,e, transferring title to real property, our Florida probate lawyer usually will work on a fixed fee basis, so that you will know from the beginning exactly what your total cost will be for the Florida probate process.  With all advance directives (durable powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney and living wills, etc.), virtually all estate planning (wills and trusts), and all Medicaid planning or the filing of the application for Medicaid benefits, we will work on a fixed fee basis.

If you need legal representation in Florida for a probate or trust administration, estate planning, elder law (Medicaid planning), a guardianship, to reform or modify a trust, or for advance directives such as a power of attorney, please contact The Palm Coast Probate Lawyer, for your Florida estate planning, probate, wills and trusts, Medicaid planning, or guardianship lawyer or attorney.

The founder of The Palm Coast Probate Lawyer is C. Randolph Coleman, a member of The Florida Bar for over 30 years. Mr. Coleman is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers, which lists only those select lawyers who have earned the A-V® Rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and have therefore been designated by their colleagues as pre-eminent in their field. He was a practicing certified public accountant for six years prior to attending the University of Florida College of Law (JD, with honors 1978). He is a member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Tax Law, Business Law, and Elder Law, sections of The Florida Bar, the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, and the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys.

Mr. Coleman is a frequent lecturer and speaker on estate planning, probate and asset protection planning. He co-authored The New Florida Trust Code, Lorman Educational Services (2008), Asset Protection Techniques in Florida, National Business Institute (2004); and authored Family Limited Partnerships in Florida (Chapter: “The Use of Family Limited Partnerships in Estate Planning”), National Business Institute (2002); Key Issues in Estate Planning and Probate in Florida (Chapter: “Protecting the Passage of Wealth”), National Business Institute (1997); Advanced Estate Planning Techniques in Florida (Chapter: “The Use of Family Limited Partnerships in Estate Planning”) National Business Institute (1995).

Mr. Coleman, as well as being an experienced Florida estate planning, probate lawyer, guardianship, and elder law attorney, is a continuing education instructor for various organizations, approved by the Florida Department of Financial Services as an instructor for life insurance agents and certified financial planners, and is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy for continuing education courses for Certified Public Accountants. He has served as a presenter of continuing legal education for The Florida Bar (Animal Law Issues Affecting Florida Practitioners, “ Trusts and Pets: Establishing Trusts for Pets Under Florida Law”), National Business Institute, Lorman Seminars, and Sterling Education Seminars.He is a member of WealthCounsel, LLC, a national association of estate planning attorneys, ElderCounsel, LLC, a national association of elder law attorneys focusing on Medicaid planning and VA Pension Benefits, including Aid and Attendance, a participating member of WealthCounsel Advisors Forum, and is a member of the attorney advisory board for Wealth Protection Alliance, LLC, a national organization dedicated to providing asset protection planning for business owners and professionals. Mr. Coleman served as the Program Director for Asset Protection Planning for the Florida Physicians Association, from 1997 to 2006.