Wills and Estate

Emotional and financial consequences from having a poor estate plan can be extremely stressful. Our experienced wills and estates legal team can help you everything including writing a will, making estate plans, and applying for probate. As every case is unique, our lawyers strive to create a personalized estate plan and solution to minimize your stress and maximize the financial outcome.

Probate

• Determine how the will is to be probated
• Apply to court to have the will probated and obtain necessary orders to appoint an executor to distribute the estate to the beneficiaries

Will

• Assist in determining the appropriate executors and beneficiaries
• Draft the will in a way that minimize the risk of future estate litigation

Committeeship

• Apply to court to have you appointed as the committee to make decisions on behalf of your loved one who has become mentally incapable
• Obtain necessary medical documents from the doctors
• Represent you at court when someone oppose your application for committeeship

Advance Health Care Directives

• Assist in drafting documents in advance to specify exact medical procedure to follow if you become incapacitated
• Explain to you and your family about the exact legal consequences of each clause of your Advance Health Care Directives

Power of Attorney / POA

• Determine what kind of Power of Attorney is needed in your circumstances
• Draft Power of Attorney to purchase or sell your real estate when you are away
• Draft Power of Attorney to appoint a person to enter into agreements on your behalf

Grant of Administration

• Apply to court to give you the power to distribute the estate to the beneficiaries if there is no will

Transmission & other real estate transfers

• Transfer the deceased joint tenant’s real estate to you
• Transfer real estate to and from executors, appointed by the process of probate or grant of administration

Bare Trusts

• Create a trust by dividing the legal and beneficial ownership of the property to minimize taxes
• Help you navigate through the complex trust requirements and obligations before setting up a trust for you