Estate Planning & Elder Law
We provide a complete range of estate planning and elder law services to individuals, families, and businesses. Our estate planning lawyers are experienced in counseling clients concerning all types of planning opportunities and challenges. Our knowledge of tax and planning techniques allows us to offer a broad spectrum of services ranging from simple plans for young couples starting families to complex plans for estates subject to significant federal estate taxes. We also offer services to address the unique issues relating to senior citizens including planning for retirement, medical care decision making, and long term care planning. Our estate planning and elder law services include the following:
- Wills
- Testamentary Trusts
- Living Trusts
- Durable Powers of Attorney for financial and medical purposes
- Probate avoidance
- Estate tax reduction
- Protection of assets from potential creditors
- Planned charitable giving
- Business succession planning
- Family limited partnerships and limited liability companies
- Premarital and Postmarital Agreements
- Gift planning
- Retirement distribution planning
- Long term care planning
- Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security issues
The Scholten Fant lawyers in the estate planning and elder law section also provide services in the area of estate administration and probate when necessary. These services include:
- Administration of decedent’s estates of all kinds and sizes
- Advice concerning tax planning alternatives available to estate beneficiaries
- Preparation of state and federal estate tax returns
- Guardianship and conservatorship proceedings for minors and incapacitated adults