Estate and Succession Planning
Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…
Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…
Dean Mead’s Tax Department handles tax planning issues for businesses and individuals. The attorneys in our department have extensive experience in a full range of…
Dean Mead real estate attorney and shareholder, Dennis G. Corrick, was once again named one of St. Lucie County’s ‘Beautiful People’ for community activism. He first made this list in 2013 in the same area. Earlier this year, Corrick received the Kathryn Basile Champion for Children Award as recognition for his leadership of the campaign…
Read MoreORLANDO, Fla. – Vicki L. Berman, a 30-year veteran of the real estate industry and attorney at Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth, P.A., was honored with the Outstanding Achievement Award by Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Orlando during the organization’s 12th Annual Celebration of Champions gala on November 12, 2015. The award for…
Read MoreLast week, Congress passed H.R. 2029, The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH). The PATH Act would extend for varying degrees of time, some permanently, many expired tax provisions. Our initial summary of the PATH Act can be found here. On Friday, President Obama signed the PATH Act into law. As a result, taxpayers have a…
Read MoreThe Education Foundation of St. Lucie County (EDSLC) received $25,000 in a matching funds grant through the State of Florida School District Education Foundation Matching Grant Program. The funds were provided by the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations (CFEF). Dean Mead shareholder, Joel C. Zwemer, was on hand along with fellow EDSLC Board members, to present…
Read MoreHomeowners’ associations (“HOAs”) across Florida run into problems when it comes to trying to collect past due assessments. This problem is especially apparent in cases where the owner’s unit for which the past due assessments were owed has entered foreclosure. Generally, a foreclosure proceeding by a senior lien holder – like a lender who forwarded…
Read MoreIn what has replaced Santa Claus as the most anticipated December arrival [for U.S. taxpayers at least], Congress reached a bipartisan agreement to retroactively extend numerous tax benefits that expired at the end of last year. The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH) was announced by Congress late last night. PATH needs…
Read MoreThe registration website will go live next Monday, December 21, 2015. There will be no fee for the registration for the first 30 days. The FAA announced on December 14, 2015, that it will implement a streamlined and user-friendly web-based registration process for UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or drones) weighing more than 0.55 lbs. but…
Read MoreIf you’ve ever been subjected to the punishment of having to read dense government reports that analyze our water problems, the last thing you’re probably looking for is a book-length treatise on water issues. I’m going to recommend some reading on water, and I promise that you won’t feel like you’re being punished. As a…
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