Estate Planning
Estate planning is essential to ensure that your assets are dealt with in accordance with your wishes, and to ensure that you relieve the stress from family members during a difficult period.
Why is estate planning important?
Estate planning is essential to ensure that your assets are dealt with in accordance with your wishes, and to ensure that you relieve the stress from family members during a difficult period. It is also important to obtain advice on wider considerations (particularly in relation to claims under the Family Protection Act 1955 and Property (Relationships) Act 1976 that may impact matters in connection with your estate. With our expertise, we can develop an estate plan tailored specifically for you: from drafting a well-thought-out will to setting up trusts or relationship property agreements so your possessions remain protected now and in years to come. At every step, we’ll be there with advice – everything explained in plain language, so you’re fully informed about what’s going on during this important process. Let us help create a strong foundation for protecting all that matters most.
Related Matters
- Wills
- Family trusts: setting up and then assisting with the administration of trusts and estates, including preparing estate and gift tax returns
- Enduring powers of attorney, including durable powers of attorney for health care and financial matters
- Asset protection
- Relationship property agreements
- Assistance with the probate process, including the administration of estates, distribution of assets, and payment of debts and taxes
- Representation in estate and trust disputes, including will contests, trust disputes, and fiduciary litigation
- Guardianship: assistance with establishing guardianship for minors or individuals with disabilities.
- Assisting with charitable planning.