Dear Clients and Friends,
We all are experiencing the impact of COVID-19. From grocery shopping at stores with empty shelves, a devastating stock market, business closings, all forms of entertainment shutting down, and lots of concerns about how many are infected, and how many have died. At my mother-in-law’s independent living facility, there are four residents diagnosed with Covid-19, as of this morning. So Coronavirus is real and impacting all of us dramatically, with some more severe than others.
In response, we have provisioned our office space with appropriate sanitizing and maintain a supply of hand sanitizers for those who come to the office. Notwithstanding these on-premises precautions, we already have experienced several clients who need legal assistance but are unable for health protection reasons to visit our office. So far, we have been able to keep open our main office in Jacksonville. This morning we received notice that our Palm Coast office will be closed until April 4, 2020, at the earliest.
In response, we are now providing consultations by telephone and videoconferencing, at least for the indefinite future.
If you need information about your advance directives (powers of attorney, health care advance directives, HIPAA releases, etc.), we can expedite providing information or additional or new documents for you. One thing for consideration by those of you with minor children or grandchildren is obtaining a Designation of Health Care Surrogate for a Minor Child. That document allows a parent of a minor child to designate someone who will have the legal authority to make health care decisions for your child; in the event, the parent is not able to make such decisions. Often, grandparents assume they have the legal authority to make medical decisions for their grandchildren. Grandparents do not have that legal authority without a designation of health care surrogate for a minor child in place before making the decision. A HIPAA Release and Authorization is another valuable document for when you want family members to have access to otherwise protected information from your health care providers.
If you would like to schedule a telephone call or videoconference to discuss any of these matters, or others, please give us a call. We’ll make every effort to respond as quickly as reasonably possible.
Our best wishes to all of you to stay well until the Coronavirus has run its course.
Estate Planning
Our estate planning attorneys and asset protection lawyers In Palm Coast help you design and implement an estate plan that meets your needs, deals with your concerns, and accomplishes your estate planning goals. It is our number one priority. In fulfilling our obligation to you, we also help identify options for protecting your assets during your lifetime for the benefit of you and your loved ones, as well as providing protection of your assets for your beneficiaries to avoid losses that can occur because of divorce, temporary incapacity, or creditor issues. If you need an estate planning attorney in Palm Coast, or Flagler County, call us so we can help.
Elder Law & Medicaid Planning
Our elder law attorneys in Palm Coast, and Flagler County, help you develop and implement an effective plan to deal with your long term care needs. Our Medicaid planning lawyers will provide options for paying the costs of long term care. It recognizes that you and your family are paramount - preserving and protecting your assets as allowed by law. Our elder law attorneys will help you plan for end of life decisions, living wills, powers of attorney, and other advance directives.
Understanding and dealing with your needs, and the needs of your family, are our primary concerns. If your loved one needs Medicaid planning to qualify for Medicaid benefits for nursing home costs, call us so we can help.
Probate and Trust Administration
When death occurs, our Palm Coast probate attorneys will help ensure the transfer of your wealth is in accordance with your desires, whether there is a properly drafted last will and testament, a revocable living trust, or no last will and testament. Efficient administration of your probate or trust estate will save your family time, money, aggravation and emotional trauma. Our 30+ years experience ensures that your probate, whether a summary or formal administration will be efficiently administered regardless of circumstances. If you need a probate attorney in Flagler County, call us so we can help you and your family.
Since 1993
An Experienced Estate Planning, Probate Lawyer, or Elder Law Attorney Does Make a Difference!
Our Palm Coast estate planning, probate lawyers and elder law attorneys have over 40 years experience working with legal issues that arise in Florida for estate planning, elder law, asset protection, probate and trust administration, and probate and trust litigation. There's not much we haven't seen.
Our probate lawyers and estate planning attorneys' experience works for you. We ensure your estate plan is complete, that you've considered all of the issues that impact you and your loved ones. We help you understand the estate planning and probate issues you and your family might experience. Our estate planning lawyers help ensure those issues don't cause your estate plan to fail when its needed most.
For 30 consecutive years, our firm has received the coveted AV-Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the gold standard for rating attorneys for over a century. The AV-Preeminent Rating reflects that our peers have rated us at the highest level of legal ability and ethical conduct.
Our experience and dedication to our clients has been recognized by our professional colleagues through our selection as one of the Best Lawyers in America in the area of Trusts and Estates.
The Coleman Law Firm, PLLC also has been awarded the designation of Lead Counsel by Thomson-Reuters for Estate Planning and Probate, based on
- Professional Experience
- Peer Recommendations
- Spotless Record
We also are rated 10 out of 10 by the AVVO attorney rating organization.
Whether you are planning your own estate, with wills or trusts, administering your loved one's probate estate after death, or you have need for our elder law attorneys to preserve and protect your family's assets from the financial ravages of long term care, we are here to help you. Our extensive estate planning and probate experience provides the background, knowledge, skills, and insight, to provide creative, time-tested, and efficient solutions, to help ensure the results you want and need are achieved.
If you need an estate planning, or probate lawyer, Trusts and Estates lawyer, or an elder law attorney, in Palm Coast and Flagler County, call us and we will help you and your family achieve peace of mind.
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