Page 16 - Boca ViewPointe - November '22

Page 16, Viewpointe November 2022
News From Congressman Ted Deutch

Dear Friends, Communities Act this year, the first major gun safety law in and in our democratic process. Your continued attention to
When I was first elected to 30 years. Your voices transformed the way gun violence and the most critical policy issues, your commitment to ensuring I
serve as your Representative school safety are viewed across the country, and we are not serve you with integrity, compassion, and respect, has guided
over twelve years ago, I done feeling the impact of this community’s efforts. my decision-making as your representative every single day.
promised to represent your There was also the chilling day in March 2020—the day Whether you have sent a letter, signed a petition, called my
interests in Congress as best I our community and our nation shut down to slow the spread of office, participated in a town hall, or submitted a request for
could. I arrived in Washington the novel COVID-19 virus. Amid the fear and uncertainty, you constituent casework, I have carried your thoughts with me
in 2010, the lone freshman stepped up to support one another and to care for those who lost throughout the legislative process, and I will continue to carry
member in the middle of the loved ones. During those early months, you joined me every them into my next chapter.
111th Congress. I never could evening on Facebook Live, where we shone a spotlight on you: As I leave these storied halls for the last time, it is serving
have expected then how many our district heroes who were pulling our community through. you—my neighbors, friends, and constituents—that I will miss
of you I would meet, how And it was your actions—wearing masks at Publix, at work, at most of all.
many of your stories would shape our nation’s policy, and how school, getting vaccinated and boosted, social distancing, and It has been the honor of my life to serve the South Florida
many victories we would achieve together as a community. getting tested—that saved untold numbers of our neighbors’ community and the American people in Congress. Thank you
The policies you advocated for, the progress we made lives. for helping me do this important work.
together, will forever live on through the impact on Americans’ I have done my best to carry your voices into our nation’s Sincerely,
everyday lives. From the Veteran Treatment Court Coordination policy, foreign and domestic. I want to sincerely thank you for Rep. Ted Deutch,
Act to the Faster Care for Veterans Act, we worked together your continued engagement in our South Florida community Member of Congress 
to bring better and quicker care to those who sacrificed so
they work better for independent artists, so musicians receive What’s Better: Life Estate Deed Or Revocable Trust
much for our freedoms. We reformed our copyright laws, so
the compensation they deserve, with the American Music
Fairness Act. We took steps to protect the pets we love with By Martin Zevin, Attorney in order to be effective; therefore, do not attempt to do this on
the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act. We passed the There are several ways to avoid your own.
Even with the Enhanced Life Estate Deed, there are risks,
first federal response to help people with eating disorders get the probate on your home when you particularly if your child has a bankruptcy, outstanding judgment
die. If you are single, there will
care they need with the Anna Westin Legacy Act. We pushed to be probate when you die unless or undergoes divorce. The worst risk, however, is if, God forbid,
advance the rights and interests of the LGBTQ+ community, to you choose one of the following your child dies before you or with you in a common accident. Your
further reproductive rights and voting rights, to tackle climate options. If you are married and child’s estate would then become the owner of the property once
change head-on, and to support our seniors. None of this would own your home together, your you died, which would result in probate being required. Thus, the
have been possible without you. surviving spouse will not have main purpose of the Life Estate Deed is not accomplished.
I am also proud of our community’s strong sense of global probate; however, there will be The best way to avoid probate on your home is to do a
citizenship. It is that collective purpose that inspired me to probate when the second of you Revocable Living Trust. When you sign the Revocable Living
Trust Agreement, you also sign a Deed transferring the property to
passes away, unless one of these options is done.
use my position as a member of the Committee on Foreign Let us assume that you own your home jointly with your spouse you as Trustees of your Trust. You are able to keep your homestead
Affairs and Middle East Subcommittee Chair to strengthen our and that you have two children. Both of you desire to have your exemption, maintain complete control of the property during your
nation’s relationships in the international community. Together, two children inherit your home equally when you both pass away. lifetime and make amendments to your Trust without changing the
we bolstered our alliances and partnerships, advocated for The first option would be to add the names of your two children Deed. There are no risks involved, since your children’s names do
robust foreign assistance and global health investments, and to the Deed as joint tenants with right of survivorship. This is not a not appear on the Deed. The only disadvantage of the Revocable
strengthened democratic development worldwide. With your good idea. It would affect your ability to claim your full homestead Living Trust is that it will cost more money in attorney’s fees.
help, I was able to champion human rights where they are exemption. In addition, you lose control of your property and When you discuss the options with your attorney, you should
can only sell it if your children both agree and sign all closing discuss the difference in fees between the Revocable Living
denied, from Caracas, to Havana, to Tehran, as well as advocate documents. If you wanted to take one of the children off the Deed, Trust and the Enhanced Life Estate Deed. You can then determine
for American hostages and those wrongfully detained abroad— you would be unable to do so. If one of your children files for whether it is worth saving the money and taking the risks involved
like our neighbor from Coral Springs, Bob Levinson—through bankruptcy, has an adverse judgment or files for divorce, your in the Enhanced Life Estate Deed.
the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking property could be subject to liens or other legal action. Therefore, During this current time of “social distancing,” I have been
Accountability Act. Your support allowed me to be a loud, I recommend against a Deed with your children as joint tenants consulting with clients via phone,e-mail and regular mail. In the
proud, and consistent advocate for a strong U.S.-Israel strategic with right of survivorship. past, my free initial consultation would normally be a personal
The second option is a Life Estate Deed. There are two types of meeting. Please feel free to call me for a free phone consultation
partnership, an unyielding voice against a nuclear Iran, and a Life Estate Deed: regular and Enhanced (also referred to as Lady regarding any issues pertaining to Wills, Trusts, Deeds, Probate,
staunch opponent of antisemitism in all its forms as a co-founder Bird). The regular Life Estate Deed requires that your children Power of Attorney or Health Care Surrogate. I am also available
of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism. join in any sale or other changes on the Deed; therefore, you have for a free consultation regarding personal injury claims or to
Even more important than our accomplishments are the lost control and cannot take your child’s name off the Deed if you explain car insurance coverage. Call me at 954-569-4878. My
moments that led to them: the moments we truly came together choose to do so. The Enhanced Life Estate Deed gives you the address is 3275 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Suite 204, Deerfield Beach,
as a community. sole right to sell the property during your lifetime or make any Florida 33442. My web site is www.martinzevinpa.com and my
There was the horrific day on February 14th, 2018, when other changes to the Deed without the permission of your child. e-mail address is martinzevin@netzero.com.
17 members of our community had their lives cut short in a The Enhanced Life Estate Deed has very specific legal language
senseless act of violence. What the people in our community— Paid Advertisement
especially the young people—did after that tragedy was
unforgettable, not only for all of us in South Florida, but
for our entire nation. You created a sense of community and
empowerment that shaped our national discourse, and you
raised your voices, together, to speak out to prevent the next
tragedy. It was because of your activism and your support
for one another that Congress passed the Bipartisan Safer

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