The Law Office of Wickersham and Bowers

05/21/2026

https://www.wickershamandbowers.com/when-lifetime-gifts-complicate-a-florida-estate-plan/

Learn how lifetime gifts can complicate a Florida estate plan, affect probate and spousal rights, and create inheritance disputes without clear written records.

05/21/2026

https://www.wickershamandbowers.com/when-parenting-plans-fail-during-school-year-conflicts/

Learn how Florida parenting plans can break down during school-year conflicts and when clearer rules or legal enforcement may help protect your child’s routine.

04/24/2026

https://www.wickershamandbowers.com/shared-parental-responsibility-deadlocks-what-happens-when-parents-cannot-agree/

Learn how Florida courts handle shared parental responsibility deadlocks when parents can’t agree on major decisions like school or medical care.

04/24/2026

https://www.wickershamandbowers.com/estate-planning-for-non-u-s-citizen-spouses/

Estate planning for a married couple gets more complicated when one spouse is not a U.S. citizen. The issue is not just who inherits what.

03/23/2026

https://www.wickershamandbowers.com/using-spousal-lifetime-access-trusts-slats-under-the-new-2026-estate-tax-exemption/

Estate tax planning looked very different a year ago. Families were racing to act before a looming deadline, the feared “sunset” that would have cut federal exemptions roughly in half. Then Congress stepped in.

03/23/2026

https://www.wickershamandbowers.com/property-division-when-one-spouse-owns-a-business-what-to-expect/

02/23/2026

https://www.wickershamandbowers.com/portability-elections-and-reverse-qtip-trusts-maximizing-the-unified-credit-when-spouses-die-in-rapid-succession/

When a married couple dies within a short time of each other, executors face nuanced federal estate tax decisions.

02/23/2026

https://www.wickershamandbowers.com/modification-of-final-judgments-when-adult-children-develop-disabilities/

Most divorce judgments lock in support terms based on what everyone knows at the time. Life does not always stick to that script.

02/04/2026

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01/22/2026

https://www.wickershamandbowers.com/hidden-income-in-self-employment-divorces/

Self-employment can turn a Florida divorce into a numbers problem fast. A W-2 paycheck tells one story. A business bank account, credit card, and “write-offs” can tell another.