There are currently over 25 million veterans alive in the United States. There are over 9 million surviving spouses of veterans currently living in the United States. Many of these veterans and surviving spouses are receiving long term care or will need some type of long term care in the near future, and there are […]
No one likes to think about the possibility of their own disability or the disability of a loved one. However, as we’ll see below, the statistics are clear that we should all plan for at least a temporary disability. The statistics are eye-opening surrounding disability and some of the common disability planning options. Disability planning […]
In our estate planning practice, we encourage our clients to make important advance decisions as to their own health care. This involves “advance directives” such as designating a Health Care Surrogate (and back-up persons) to make health care decisions if you become incapacitated and can no longer make those decisions for yourself; and, preparing a […]
Gibbons | Neuman is excited and pleased to announce that Beverly J. White, an Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorney, has joined the firm. Beverly has been practicing in the state of Florida for over 20 years. She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, The Academy of Florida Elder Law […]
It is not unusual for someone to name their children, or a niece or nephew as beneficiaries, or contingent beneficiaries on their life insurance policies. Sometimes an employer may offer group life insurance coverage and in haste, the employee names minor children as beneficiaries of that policy. “I want them to have that money for […]
On September 6th, Gibbons Neuman held a fundraising event for the Alzheimer’s Association at the Brew Bus in Tampa. Twenty percent of all food and beverage sales during the evening were donated by the Brew Bus. Gibbons Neuman also held a raffle which raised additional funds. Despite the impending hurricane angst, all that attended had […]
How a motor vehicle is titled can have serious liability ramifications. Florida follows the “Dangerous Instrumentality Doctrine” which basically recognizes that driving a vehicle is one of the most dangerous things that we do. Therefore, if an owner of a vehicle voluntarily allows another person to drive that vehicle, and they negligently injure someone, the […]
Recently, the firm’s elder law attorney, Elizabeth Allen, gave a presentation on long term care planning to customer and members of Achieva Credit Union at the credit union’s corporate office in Dunedin. Ms. Allen explained what long term care is, the likelihood of needing it, the costs of care and ways to pay it. She […]
On July 29th, attorneys and staff members at Gibbons | Neuman and Tampa Title Company had a car wash fundraiser in an effort to raise money and awareness in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. For the past several years, the firm has been trying to engage the local community and spread the word on finding […]
The Middle District of Florida Bankruptcy Court in the case of In Re: Roscoe (siding with the majority view), recently ruled that Bankruptcy Code Section 1306(a) expands the definition of “estate property” (i.e. property that is available to pay creditors) to include life insurance proceeds for one of the debtors who died after the case […]