Panouses Law Helps Lottery Winner MARCAR Trust Claim $16.5 Million Dollar Prize

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The Florida Lottery announces that Kurt Panouses, 63, of Indialantic, trustee of the MARCAR Trust, claimed the $16.5 million FLORIDA LOTTO® jackpot from the drawing held on November 28, 2020, at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. Panouses is a board-certified attorney in Wills, Trusts and Estates Law serving Brevard for more […]

BREVARD COUNTY TRUST HAS A “LOTTO” REASONS TO BE THANKFUL THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery announces that Kurt Panouses, 63, of Indialantic, trustee of the MARCAR Trust, claimed the $16.5 million FLORIDA LOTTO® jackpot from the drawing held on November 28, 2020, at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. MARCAR Trust chose to receive the winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $13,648,711.36. The jackpot-winning FLORIDA LOTTO […]

2020 ELECTION/ Death Tax Quagmire

Whether you are Republican or Democrat, you need to look at this November’s election and determine the potential death tax impact of victory by Donald Trump or Joe Biden. Since 2000, the death tax exemption has increased from $675,000 (and a top tax rate of 55%), to an exemption now at a level of $11.58 […]

THE FLORIDA PROBATE PROCESS: A Step-By-Step Guide

I. Probate Assets/ Non-Probate Assets: 1. The first step is to determine whether an “asset” is a Probate asset. Individuals pass away with many different types of assets. Probate assets are those that are individually owned by the decedent. Non-Probate assets do not need to be included in the Probate process in order to transfer […]