Estate Planning & Probate

Are you looking for an attorney who will help you through all aspects of your estate planning?

Whether you have questions about living wills or probates, we are here to answer any questions and concerns you may have. Our attorneys take our time to guide you to the best solutions that will help not only you but only your family and loved ones in the future. We know dealing with estate planning is an extremely sensitive time, so we are always mindful when addressing legal and technical issues required to address your wishes.

Why you need to plan your estate

Reducing Estate Taxes: With Federal Estate Tax at 40% and many states adding even more it makes sense to see how much you can avoid. Even the most basic planning can help married couples reduce or eliminate estate taxes. Wouldn’t you prefer to pass as much of your hard earned estate as possible to your family or favorite causes?

Avoiding Probate: There is death and taxes. Then there is probate. Wealthy or not, if you do not plan to avoid it, your heirs will be forced into the cumbersome and sometimes expensive and conflict filled probate courts. It is easy to avoid but one must plan ahead.

Avoiding a Mess: You can help avoid family and legal conflicts by choosing someone to be in charge after you become incapacitated or after you die and by deciding who will get what, when they will get it, and how they will get it.

Protecting Beneficiaries: You can create an estate plan that will protect the beneficiary from their own bad decisions.

Other common reasons include:

– Provides for the transfer of your business at your retirement, disability, or death.
– Allows you to choose a trusted adult to make your medical decisions for you in case you become seriously ill.
– Allows you to choose a trusted adult to take care of your legal and business affairs in case you become seriously ill.
– Allows for the individuals whom you have selected to make your health care, business, and legal decisions for you to get information from your medical doctors.
– Allows you to choose how you will be treated by healthcare facilities at the end of life, and what actions may or may not be taken to extend your life.
– Allows you to designate how you want your body to be treated after you are gone
– Allows you to save your spouse or heirs the difficulty in remembering what funeral or memorial arrangements you may or may not want.

We know that each client is unique and every client deserves a personalized solution. We also know that in order to create a personalized solution, we have got to start building up our relationship. So call us at (425) 373-9922 so our attorneys can start getting to know you and protect your wishes.