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Originally Posted by valuemkt
Had our wills and health care directives drawn up in Georgia about a year before moving down .. One quirky thing(to me anyway) is that you cannot have an executor (or back up, or back up to the back up) that is a non resident Floridian unless they are a blood relative. So that would exclude step children, close and trusted friends etc that do not live in Florida. We did, and are in the process of updating to conform to Florida
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That is a wonderful law to minimize fraud as Florida is known as God's Waiting Room. Many times family members are back home "up north" or wherever, and not residing in Florida.
Laws and situations change so one should update their testamentary instruments from time to time anyway. I had mine updated a few months ago without any change in domicile.
If one moves to Florida from one of the community property states having estate planning documents reviewed by a Florida attorney may be of significant importance.
If moving to Florida from a state taxing estates it is wise to sever as many as possible ties to that state so one will unquestionably not owe it any inheritance taxes.