Wills, Trusts & Powers of Attorney
Basic wills, wills with testamentary trusts, pour over wills to independently created trusts, disinheritance provisions, guardianship provisions for disabled adult children and spouses, minor children, temporary caregiver authorizations for minor children, limited powers of attorney, comprehensive durable powers of attorney, revocable trusts, living trusts, and irrevocable trusts for avoidance of probate, reduction or avoidance of estate taxes, asset protection, and charitable income and estate tax deductions

Trusts and Estates
Trust Administration, Estate Administration, fiduciary services, fiduciary income taxes, estate tax returns, accountings, representation of trustees, executors, and administrators,  representation of beneficiaries, heirs, limited assistance representation available

Elder Law
Wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, health care proxies and living wills, medicaid planning, medicaid long term care benefits applications, fair hearings, guardianships and conservatorships, representation of guardians, protected persons and heirs, estate planning and asset protection and preservation, transfers of the home and other assets, life estate deeds, limited assistance representation available

Probate Administration
Petitions for probate of will,  estate administration, guardianship and conservatoship, accountings, opposition to and  removal of executors, administrators, trustees, guardians and conservators, representation of executors, adminisrators, trustees guardians, conservators, heirs, beneficiaries, legatees and devisees, limited assistance representation available

Divorce
Contested divorces,  uncontested no fault divorces, petitions for modification, review of negotiated and mediated separation agreements, preparation of separation agreements, motions for temporary orders for custody, support, etc , restraining orders, limited assistance representation available

Contested Wills
Representation of will proponents as well as opponents, named executors and disinherited heirs and other parties, competing wills, settlement negotiations and agreements, limited assistance representation available

Estate Planning
Estate and income tax issues, asset structuring, probate avoidance techniques, long term care concerns, gifts, gift tax returns,  wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, asset transfers with retained interests, homestead declarations, succession of interests, trust managment of assets in the future for minors, persons with disabilities, adult beneficiaries in need of protection, spouses under qualified terminable interest trusts for estate tax purposes

Estate Planning for the Elderly
Wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, health care proxies and living wills, medicaid long term care benefits planning, medicaid long term care benefits applications, planning to avoid probate, asset protection and preservation, spousal protections from medicaid liens, transfers of the home and other assets, life estate deeds, homestead declarations, protected transfers of home to spouse, live-in adult children and others

Inheritance
Representation of heirs for will contests, opposition to appointment of executor, adminsitrator or trustee, removal of executor, administrator or trustee, demands for accountings, contested accountings, monitoring and/or review of estate or trust administration, limited assistance representation available

Postmarital Agreements
Negotiation and preparation of spousal post marital agreements, review of agreements prepared by others, counseling and advice

Premarital Agreements
Negotiation and preparation of spousal prenuptial agreements, review of agreements prepared by others, counseling and advice concerning

Probate Litigation
Representation of any party relative to petitions for probate of will, administation of intestate estate, guardianship, conservatorship, will contests, opposition to appointment of executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or conservator, removal of an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or conservator,  petitions for accountings, contested accountings, petitions for instructions and declaratory relief, equity petitions, restraining orders, partition of land,

Real Estate Sales

We will work with you either with or without a broker, pre sale legal audit of potential issues, review of offers, preparation of purchase and sale agreements and review of those prepared by others, contract monitoring of contingences and performance issues and ongoing negotiations through closing, preparation of deeds, representation at closing, confirmation of mortgage and other lien payoff requirements, closing procedures for payment. We can also stand in for you at closing pursuant to limited power of attorney.

Residential Real Estate Sales

We will work with you either with or without a broker, pre sale legal audit of potential issues, review of offers, preparation of purchase and sale agreements and review of those prepared by others, contract monitoring of contingences and performance issues and ongoing negotiations through closing, preparation of deeds, representation at closing, confirmation of mortgage and other lien payoff requirements,  closing procedures for payment. We can also stand in for you at closing pursuant to a limited power of attorney.

Social Security Disability
Applications, reconsiderations, ALJ Hearings, and reviews

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