Broward County · South Florida
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Broward County essentials
The local pages South Florida families most often need for probate, property records, homestead information, and civil legal help.
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Wills & health care
Florida forms and reliable guidance for wills, incapacity planning, and health care decisions.
Florida advance directives & living will
Florida Bar overview with the state’s health care advance directive forms and signing guidance.
Health care surrogate — suggested form
Florida’s statutory form for naming someone to receive health information and make health care decisions.
Living will — suggested form
The living-will language provided in section 765.303 of the Florida Statutes.
Do you have a will?
A plain-language guide to what a Florida will does, execution requirements, and when legal help matters.
Power of attorney in Florida
Consumer guidance on authority, duties, limitations, and why preprinted forms may not fit every situation.
Revocable living trusts in Florida
Florida Bar guidance on how revocable trusts work, why funding matters, trustee duties, homestead, and important limitations.
Florida Do Not Resuscitate Order
Official DNRO instructions and form. A qualified health care provider must sign it, and valid copies must have a full yellow background.
Managing someone else’s money
Plain-language guides for agents under powers of attorney, trustees, guardians, and people managing government benefits.
What guardianship means in Florida
Florida Bar guidance on incapacity, guardian responsibilities, court oversight, and less-restrictive alternatives.
Find free or low-cost legal help
Search Florida legal-aid organizations by county and type of legal issue.
Legal Aid Service of Broward County
Apply for free civil legal services and find Broward County legal-aid programs and contact information.
Broward County lawyer referral
Request a referral through the Broward County Bar Association’s lawyer referral service.
After a death
Court, records, benefits, tax, and probate resources families may need after someone dies. You may not need every link.
Florida probate: what families should know
An overview of probate assets, personal representatives, filing, creditors, and protected family rights.
Broward probate & guardianship
Local probate information, filing types, forms, fees, courthouse contacts, and self-help resources.
Order a Florida death certificate
Eligibility, identification requirements, fees, and online, mail, and local ordering options.
What to do when someone dies
How a death is reported and how eligible family members can explore Social Security survivor benefits.
Tax responsibilities after a death
IRS guidance for final individual returns, estate income, tax records, and estate representatives.
Veteran survivor benefits
Explore VA survivor compensation, pension, burial assistance, counseling, and related benefits.
Search Florida unclaimed property
Search for money or property held by the State of Florida and begin a claim without a finder’s fee.
Find the right Florida Clerk of Court
Locate the county clerk that handles probate filings and court records where the person lived.
Find a missing life insurance policy
Use the NAIC Life Insurance Policy Locator to ask participating insurers to search for a deceased person’s policy or annuity.
Savings bonds after an owner dies
Official instructions for TreasuryDirect accounts and paper savings bonds when an owner, co-owner, or beneficiary has died.
Transfer a Florida vehicle title after death
Florida’s official procedures for vehicles or mobile homes titled to a deceased owner or co-owner.
Banks & beneficiaries
Estate-service pages and beneficiary forms from banks and investment companies.
Bank of America Estate Services
Notify the bank, review likely documents, and manage the steps for a deceased customer’s accounts.
Chase Estate Services
Notify Chase, download its estate checklist, and find contacts for bank, card, mortgage, and investment accounts.
Wells Fargo Estate Care Center
Online death notification, document checklist, mailing instructions, and estate support contacts.
J.P. Morgan transfer-on-death agreement
The current TOD agreement for eligible J.P. Morgan Securities nonretirement accounts.
Fidelity beneficiary & TOD forms
Add or change beneficiaries for retirement accounts and nonretirement transfer-on-death accounts.
Vanguard transfer-on-death plan
Learn when a TOD plan may fit and access Vanguard’s form for eligible nonretirement accounts.
Schwab designated beneficiary plan
Establish, change, or revoke Schwab’s version of a TOD plan for eligible brokerage accounts.
Broward & property
Broward County records, property information, homestead resources, and Florida deed guidance.
Broward County official records
Search recorded deeds and other official documents, or learn how to request a certified copy.
Broward property search & homestead
Look up property ownership, file for homestead, review exemptions, and sign up for Owner Alert.
How a Lady Bird deed works
A Florida-focused explanation of enhanced life estate deeds, probate avoidance, and key limitations.
A reminder about beneficiary forms
Account forms should work with the rest of your plan.
A payable-on-death or transfer-on-death designation may control an account even when a will says something different. Review the exact account, primary and contingent beneficiaries, percentages, and what happens if a beneficiary dies before you.
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Plain-English context for Florida families
See how individual forms, accounts, and property decisions fit into a complete Florida estate plan or probate.
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These links are provided for general informational purposes and convenience only. Karia Law does not control third-party content and does not endorse any financial institution. Information on this page is not legal, tax, financial, or medical advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Forms and requirements change; confirm current instructions with the issuing organization.