Proper wills and estate planning includes the consideration of a wide range of complex personal, family, and legal issues. Our lawyers will help you set up wills, estates, and trusts to ensure that your assets are preserved, protected and passed on the way that you intend.
We offer comprehensive estate planning services and work with other professionals, such as accountants and trust companies, to develop a plan that is equipped to deal with many end of life scenarios.
Our Wills and Estate Planning services include:
Estate Planning
- Will Drafting
- Drafting and Reviewing Power of Attorney and (health care) Representation Agreements
- Creating Trusts (including alter ego trusts)
- Succession Planning for Family Business
- Appointing Guardians for Minor Children
Estate Administration
- Probate Applications
- Administering Estates that do not require Probate
- Administering Intestate Estates (where there is no Will)
- Passing of Accounts
- Dealing with Disgruntled Beneficiaries and Estate Litigation
Estate Litigation
- Prosecuting Challenges against the Distribution Scheme of a Will on behalf of Spouses or Children of the Deceased
- Defending Challenges made against the Distribution Scheme of a Will
- Litigating for or against the Validity of the Will itself based on Capacity and/or Undue Influence
- Prosecuting or Defending Trust Claims
