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Lady Bird Deed
Enhanced Life Estate Deed · one Florida property
The simplest way to keep your Florida home out of probate. You stay the owner for life —
free to sell, mortgage, refinance, or change your mind without asking anyone — and when you
pass, the home goes straight to the people you named. No court case, no trust to maintain.
- Enhanced Life Estate Deed for one Florida property
- Retained powers — sell, mortgage, or revoke without beneficiary consent
- Remainder beneficiaries you name, in the shares you choose
- Legal description taken from your current recorded deed
- Drafted to keep your homestead exemption and Save Our Homes cap intact
- Recording instructions for your county Clerk
- Preparer review before delivery
- Delivered to your secure JusticeXpress Vault
When a Lady Bird deed is the better buy than a trust. If your home is your main asset
and your accounts already name beneficiaries, this $99 deed may do everything a living trust
would have done for you. A trust earns its cost when there are multiple properties,
out-of-state real estate, minor children, or a beneficiary who shouldn't inherit outright.
Recording costs — and any documentary stamp tax that applies to your transfer — are paid
directly to your county, separate from the $99 and never marked up. One property per deed;
add another for $99. If the property is mortgaged, co-owned, or if Medicaid planning is your
main reason for doing this, tell us at intake — that last one is a question for a Florida
elder law attorney, and we'll say so rather than sell you a form.