A dementia diagnosis does not end your right to make a will in Florida. Fla. Stat. 732.501 asks only for sound mind at the moment of signing. A licensed forensic psychologist explains what capacity requires, why the signing day decides it, and three Florida rules that catch families off guard.
Florida schools get 30 days to answer your evaluation request, then 60 calendar days that pause for summer and school breaks. Both clocks, the letter that starts them, and the IEE rule most guides get wrong.
What a Florida testamentary capacity evaluation checks, how the 1918 Newman test maps to evidence, and why a dementia diagnosis proves so little. Call us.
Florida’s 50-50 time-sharing presumption took effect July 1, 2023. See the exact standard that rebuts it and the 75-day evaluation deadline. Call our experts.
Florida certifies guardians ad litem under s. 61.402 but sets no training standard for custody evaluators. What each report can prove, and which one your case needs.
A contractual capacity evaluation runs about 10 hours and turns on records from the signing week, not a diagnosis. Florida forensic team, booked 3 weeks out.
Roughly 3 in 4 people with a spinal cord injury never meet criteria for depression. What the evaluation proves, and when Florida attorneys should order one.
85% of long COVID patients pass validity testing. Here’s why that number decides your claim, what four federal courts held, and what to hand your evaluator.
A Florida forensic psychologist on what an emotional distress evaluation tests, why 29% of injury referrals raise validity flags, and what holds up in court.
Florida gives three examiners 15 days to file separate reports on eight of your parent’s rights. See what each exam covers and when a second opinion pays off.