Article on The Modern Family: Why the Florida Legislature Should Remodel Its Antilapse Statute for Wills to Reflect the Changing Familial Structure

Courtney Chaipel Pugh recently published an Article entitled, The Modern Family: Why the Florida Legislature Should Remodel Its Antilapse Statute for Wills to Reflect the Changing Familial Structure, 46 Stetson L. Rev. 659 (2017). Provided below is an abstract of the Article:

These changes in the family structure over the past several decades have led to difficulty in the estate planning arena for individuals who have an idea of how they would like to distribute their wealth, but little clue on how to effectuate their desires when multiple marriages and/or various familial relationships are involved.14 Several professionals in the area of estate planning have sought to simplify (or at least illuminate) the estate planning process for such individuals, but it may be difficult to do so when some state statutory schemes are not viable for the modern, developing family.