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about attorney mariel Lanza
Experience
Mariel Lanza is the principal attorney of Lanza Legal P.A. Her practice focuses on assisting clients in matters related to probate administration, elder law, including Medicaid planning, guardian advocacy, including appointment of Guardian for minor and incapacitated adults, estate planning, including wills and trusts, advance directives (healthcare powers of attorney and living wills), financial durable powers of attorney.
Education
Ms. Lanza is a graduate from Stetson University College of Law. She earned her Juris Doctor after transfering from Bowen School of Law in LIttle Rock, Arkansas. She completed her undergraduate degree in International Business and Marketing from University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is fluent in Spanish and is devoted to lending a hand to the Spanish people in the community who require her services. She prides herself with excellent customer service and tailored legal services for each individual client.
Professional Memberships
Ms. Lanza is a member of the Florida Bar Association, the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar and the American Immigration Lawyer Association.
Practice Areas
Probate Administration
Estate planning, Wills, Trusts and Estates
Estate planning, Wills, Trusts and Estates
Probate is a court-supervised process for identifying and administering assets of a deceased person (decedent), paying the decedent’s debts and distributing the decedent’s assets to his or her beneficiaries. The decedent’s assets are used first to pay the cost of the probate proceeding, then are used to pay the decedent’s debts, including medical bills, and the remainder is distributed to the decedent’s beneficiaries.
Estate planning, Wills, Trusts and Estates
Estate planning, Wills, Trusts and Estates
Estate planning, Wills, Trusts and Estates
An estate plan is a set of legal documents that provides what should happen in the event of your death or incapacity and provides for the transfer of your assets to those you wish to receive them.
These documents work together to help your family manage your affairs and transfer property if something happens to you. A thoughtful estate plan will avoid probate court and make it easy for your family to take control of assets without the need to pay a probate lawyer or appear before a judge.
Guardianship
Estate planning, Wills, Trusts and Estates
Guardianship
A guardian is a surrogate decision-maker appointed by the court to make either personal and/or financial decisions for a minor or for an adult with mental or physical disabilities. After adjudication, the subject of the guardianship is termed a "ward."
Florida law requires the court to appoint a guardian for minors in circumstances where the parents die or become incapacitated, or if a child receives an inheritance or proceeds of a lawsuit or insurance policy exceeding the amount allowed by statute.