Trust and Estate Law:  We represent clients in implementing their estate plans which include:  drafting wills, trusts, durable power of attorneys for financial affairs, health care directives, probating estates with or without Wills and administering Trusts.

• Will --  An instrument by which a person makes a disposition of his real and personal property, to be performed or take effect after his death.
     
• Trust --  A legal entity created by a grantor for the benefit of the designated beneficiaries under the laws of the state and the valid trust instrument.
   
• Durable Power of Attorney -- An instrument in writing whereby one person, as principal, appoints another as his agent and confers authority to perform certain specified acts or kinds of acts on behalf of principal. 
    
• Healthcare Directive -- A legal document written in which one directs whether  extraordinary medical effort when suffering from a terminal condition are undertaken on their behalf.
    
• Probate -- The legal process wherein the estate of a decedent is administered.  Generally, the probate process involves collecting a decedent?s assets, liquidating liabilities, paying necessary taxes, and distributing property to heirs.