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February 15, 2010
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Article Suggests Using A License Instead of Lease To Preserve Homestead Protection During Temporary Absence
/** * */A Florida homestead, once established, may be abandoned in which event the property’s homestead protection from creditors is lost. There are many Florida court cases which have discussed the tests of whether an owner has “abandoned” their homestead. Temporary absence or a forced absence from a homestead generally is not abandonment
December 30, 2009
OMG- The Sheriff Broke Into My House And Is Taking All My Stuff!
/** * */People with potential judgments are often concerned about their household furniture. An attorney defending a judgment creditor sent me an email question concerning an aggressive collection action.
November 7, 2009
Child On Title To Parents’ Homestead: Can Child’s Creditors Levy Upon House?
/** * */An attorney asked me for my opinion about his debtor client who was put on the legal title to his parents’ house. His mother and father added the client, their only son, to their homestead deed as a joint tenant with rights of survivorship for estate planning purposes. When both parents die the title automatically passes to the surviving son.