Eden Law Group provides trusted estate planning services to individuals and families throughout the Sumter County, FL area, backed by decades of experience protecting Florida families.
Families in the Sumter County, FL area often travel to Inverness for specialized services, and estate planning is no exception. Attorney John H. Eden IV has spent over 34 years helping residents throughout Citrus County and the surrounding communities put clear, legally sound plans in place for their families and their assets.
Whether you own a home near Bushnell, farmland along the Sumter County line, or a retirement property closer to Wildwood, your estate deserves a plan tailored to your specific circumstances. Eden Law Group works closely with clients from the Sumter area to build revocable living trusts, wills, and incapacity documents that reflect their wishes and reduce the burden on their loved ones.
Every engagement begins with a free estate planning consultation, giving you the chance to ask questions and understand your options before committing to any plan. There is no pressure and no obligation, only clear answers from an estate planning attorney who has handled these matters for two decades.
Sumter County area clients have access to the same full range of estate planning services offered to residents throughout our practice area. Our goal is to match you with the right combination of documents, not to sell you more than you need.
Residents of the Sumter County area whose estates require probate typically have their cases handled in the county where they were legally domiciled at the time of death. If you own property in more than one Florida county, or in more than one state, your estate may require ancillary probate proceedings in each additional location, adding time and expense.
Probate administration in Florida generally takes a minimum of several months, and often longer once real estate and multiple beneficiaries are involved. During that time, heirs typically cannot access the full value of the estate, and portions of the probate file become part of the public record.
This is why so many families in the Sumter area choose to work with a probate attorney early, either to properly administer an existing estate or to build a plan that avoids probate altogether through a properly funded revocable living trust. If you have probate questions and answers you need addressed for a loved one’s estate, our office can walk you through the process step by step.
Families near Sumter County often have a choice between a large regional firm and a smaller, established practice with deep local roots. Here is what sets Eden Law Group apart for clients traveling in from the Sumter area.
Below are the core estate planning services available to residents traveling from the Sumter area to our Inverness office, or working with us remotely through our online estate planning process.





Beyond the Sumter County area, Eden Law Group provides estate planning, trust, and probate services throughout the surrounding region.
Waiting to plan your estate only adds risk and uncertainty for the people you care about most. Contact Eden Law Group today to schedule your free, confidential estate planning consultation and take the first step toward protecting your family and your assets.