Affordable Basic Florida Estate Planning and Probate

Basic Florida Estate Planning Package A basic estate plan allows you to do more than just designate who will inherit your property. It also includes tools to protect your interests now and to communicate your intentions to your family: If you were to become ill and were unable to make medical or financial decisions for yourself, who could make those decisions for you? Who would pay your bills? Who would decide what medical treatment you received? Almost everyone can benefit from having a basic estate plan: a legal will, a living will, and a durable power of attorney. If you own a home, have a car, or have money in the bank, you will want to ensure that those assets benefit those you choose, with a minimum of hassle and probate costs. A simple will can accomplish that for you. I'm attorney Kenneth Ridlehoover, and I provide basic estate planning services to clients in Escambia County and Santa Rosa County in the Florida Panhandle. I offer an affordable basic estate planning package that includes a will, a living will, and a durable power of attorney for medical and financial decision-making. Contact my Pensacola law office to schedule a free initial consultation. The process can be accomplished relatively quickly, leaving you with the peace of mind that your affairs are in order and your wishes have been communicated.

Pensacola Estate Planning Attorney and Probate Lawyer Kenneth R. Ridlehoover

Probate is a legal process that wraps up the affairs of an estate after a person has died. It includes paying debts, filing tax returns, and distributing property and other assets. Depending upon whether an estate plan is in place and the types of assets to be distributed, however, full probate may not be necessary.

As your Florida probate lawyer, my role is to help you move through the probate process as quickly and accurately as possible. If you are responsible for probating an estate in the Florida Panhandle, contact my law office in Pensacola for a free initial consultation.

I assist clients with Florida estates of all sizes, from simple summary probate administration to transfer a property deed to probating million-dollar estates. I work with clients in Florida as well as clients who live in other states who need to probate an estate in the Florida Panhandle.

I can evaluate the estate and advise you on whether full probate is necessary, or whether there are other ways to distribute the assets and pay the estate's debts, if any.

Assistance with Florida Probate or Full Representation

I can provide as little or as much assistance as you need. If you are an executor or administrator, I can provide advice and guidance to help you meet all the legal requirements of probate in Florida. For executors or personal representatives located out of state, I can handle virtually everything, from the sale of real estate in Florida to the preparation and filing of taxes and the distribution of assets.

Probate and Trust Disputes

As an attorney with extensive trial experience, I have been called upon to assist clients—both estate beneficiaries and executors—in bringing claims to court when mismanagement, negligence, or wrongdoing is suspected. If you wish to contest a will, to challenge the management of a trust, or to question the proper handling of an estate during probate, I can take your case to court.

Contact my Pensacola law office for a free initial consultation.

Kenneth R. Ridlehoover
Attorney at Law

900 North Palafox Street
Pensacola, FL 32501
Telephone: (850) 432-3492 ● Fax: (850) 432-4604
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Pensacola, Florida attorney Kenneth Ridlehoover provides a range of legal services for individuals and families, including personal injury, Florida and federal criminal defense, real estate law, and probate. He represents clients throughout the Florida Panhandle in Escambia County and Santa Rosa County, in communities such as Pensacola, West Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Bellview, Brent, Ferry Pass, Myrtle Grove, Warrington, Pace, Milton, Century, and Jay.