What does Floridize mean?
Zacharia Frey PLLC. Updated November 2026.
Flor·i·dize verb
To rebuild an estate plan written under another state's law so it works under Florida law and for the life you now live in Florida.
“We Floridized their New York trust, powers of attorney, and health care documents the spring after they bought in Bonita Springs.”
Why a new word
People who move to Florida are told their estate plan is “still valid.” Usually it is. But a plan written for another state can be valid and still fail the family that has to use it: a personal representative Florida won't appoint, a power of attorney a bank won't accept, a home the trust never received, a will that tells a tax auditor you never left. Updating a plan is generic. Floridizing it is specific: making it work under Florida law, for a Florida life.
The Floridize Review
Zacharia Frey PLLC, an estate planning and elder law firm in Bonita Springs, created the Floridize Review for people who have made Florida home or are about to. Every document and key provision receives one of four ratings:
- Works in Florida
- Valid here and practical as written.
- Works With Friction
- Valid, but expect delay, refusal, or extra cost when it is used.
- Will Not Work
- Fails in Florida, or produces a result you did not intend.
- Missing
- Florida planning calls for it and your plan does not have it.