Estate Planning
Whether your goal is to ensure that your children are financially taken care of or you want to guarantee that your stated desires will be followed upon your death or incapacitation, knowing that you have placed your affairs in order provides a certain peace. The Law Office of Cristin M. Lowe assists clients with a wide variety of estate planning issues including Trusts, Durable Powers of Attorney, Health Care Powers of Attorney, Living Wills, Wills, and Probate. Rather than relying on an internet program or a boilerplate document to protect your assets, using Attorney Cristin M. Lowe’s services will provide you the reassurance you need regarding the future of your estate.
One example of our ability to assist her clients is through the creation of a trust, which allows clients to avoid the complication, delay and expense of Probate. Additionally trust can sometimes help avoid the costs and restrictions of a conservatorship should you become incapacitated. In the case of larger marital estates, a trust can reduce or eliminate Federal estate taxes through the use of an exemption trust. We review each client’s unique estate and work with them to devise an estate plan that allows them to accomplish their goals.
Should clients require Probate representation, we offer cost-efficient and comprehensive Probate representation that includes proving the validity of a will, handling intestate succession, inventorying a decedent’s property, appraising property, paying debts and taxes and distributing the remaining property according to the decedent’s stated wishes. Throughout this process, you will be able to relax and focus on your life, not your case. Clients will benefit from securing their inherited property or settling debts in accordance with the law as quickly as possible. We ensure our clients’ wealth remains under their direction or control and that their wishes are followed upon their death or incapacitation.
With our firm’s family law experience, we are able to work with clients who are considering or have completed their divorce or dissolution of domestic partnership. We can review and revise clients’ estate plans to fit their new life circumstances after a divorce or dissolution of domestic partnership judgment has been entered. As the issues in Family Law and Estate Planning are often similar and overlap, The Law Office of Cristin M. Lowe can help clients plan for a smooth transition from marriage back to the status of a single person while ensuring their testamentary wishes are memorialized throughout the process. Put our expertise to work for you and allow your case to be handled with the dignity and respect it deserves.
