Buck Law Group, P.A.

05/25/2026

05/22/2026

🟢 If you plan ahead and have an estate plan in place, even if probate is a reality, distribution of your assets can be simple.

🛑 If you do not have an estate plan in place, Florida law determines where your probate assets will go.

The big question is:

Do you want to decide or let the State of Florida decide❓

📲 call us and we can work through your plan together

05/16/2026

We will say it again for the people in the back…..
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Add or update pay-on-death beneficiaries on your financial accounts‼️

Ed Lyon, a pioneering urologist at the University of Chicago, wanted his retirement account to go to his 36 grandchildren. Seven years after his death, his heirs are still fighting to make that happen.

The family’s appeals to both the university and the account’s record-keeper, TIAA, were rebuffed. They were told they hadn’t provided the proper paperwork, leaving Lyon’s funds, worth $1.2 million at his death, in a state of limbo.

The case turns on a narrow interpretation of the law, but showcases a big problem in the world of estate planning.

People often fail to realize what’s required to update the beneficiaries for their accounts. What seems like a mundane to-do item while the account holder is alive later becomes a major headache for would-be heirs.

Read more: 🔗 https://on.wsj.com/48YCmgQ

05/11/2026

We can help if you forget but why wait and take the chance❓

Set up your Apple Legacy Contact today. 📲

Call us at (352) 686-7331 for your free guide. 📖

P.S. We have one for Google (Android) users too, just let us know.

04/22/2026

If you need legal assistance beyond probate and estate planning, here is your chance to get those questions answered for free ‼️

04/18/2026

We had to sponsor this fabulous event. 👜🍸
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Come out, play some bingo and eat some dinner in a gorgeous waterfront setting. 🌊
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03/25/2026

...but probate is MORE expensive‼️ and not to mention confusing for surviving family members 🥴

If you want to know how to effectively avoid probate, call us! 📱

(352) 686-7331

03/05/2026

And…..in blue ink ✍🏼

03/04/2026

This happens a lot more than people think.....

📍trying to save money by using an online service-not knowing that the document is not intended for use in our state or improperly executing the document 🖋️
📍placing original documents in a safe deposit box where they are inaccessible in a time of need 🔐
📍not having any estate plan in place-leaving loved ones to face the legal reality during a time of grief 💔
📍misunderstanding that an estate plan is only for wealthy 💰 people.

02/22/2026

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In the chilling autumn of 1948, a routine day on a Saskatchewan farm turned into a desperate fight for survival. Cecil George Harris, a local farmer, found himself pinned beneath his own tractor after it overturned in a remote field.

Trapped for hours in freezing rain and fading light, Harris realized that he might not survive the ordeal. In a remarkable display of presence of mind and devotion to his family, he pulled out his pocketknife and painstakingly etched ten words into the tractor's fender: "In case I die in this mess I leave all to the wife." While Harris was eventually found and rushed to the hospital, he tragically succumbed to his injuries the following day, leaving behind a grieving wife, Edna, and a piece of machinery that held his final legal wishes.

The "tractor fender will" became one of the most famous cases in Canadian legal history, serving as a definitive example of a holographic will, a document written entirely in the testator's hand and signed by them without the need for witnesses. Despite the unconventional medium, the court recognized the fender as a valid legal document because it clearly expressed Harris's "testamentary intent" under extreme circumstances.

The fender was physically removed from the tractor and presented as evidence in probate court; it remained on display at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Law for decades as a symbol of how the law can adapt to serve justice and the human spirit. This case continues to be a cornerstone in law school curricula, teaching students that when it comes to a person's final wishes, the sincerity of the message outweighs the formality of the stationery.