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Estate planning is the process of making decisions about how your assets, important decisions, and medical care, will be handled after death or incapacity. It is a way to ensure that your wishes are carried out through legal documents, titling of assets, and naming beneficiaries. Legal documents include Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Advance Health Care Directives with the help of estate lawyers in Bucks County to make sure your wishes are followed. Probate and estate administration is when someone helps carry out your stated intentions after you pass away. Estate Litigation is when there is a legal fight over what you wanted or how things are being handled after you are gone. The Martin Law Firm, P.C. has been helping people with all these matters for over 20 years.
Estate Planning
When you plan your estate with a professional estate attorney in Bucks County at The Martin Law Firm, P.C., you are basically making sure your family is taken care of when you are not around anymore. The main document you need for estate planning is called a Last Will and Testament. A Will is a legal paper that says who gets your stuff when you pass away, like your money and belongings. It also includes things like setting up trusts for your kids, choosing people to carry out your wishes (called executors or personal representatives), and picking guardians to look after your children’s needs after you are gone. An effective estate plan ensures that everything is taken care of for your family.
Estate planning is not just about what happens after you die, it is also about making sure your assets and affairs are taken care of if you cannot do it yourself because of disability or incapacity. The main document for this type of planning is the Power of Attorney which gives someone who you appoint the legal authority to handle your money, bills, financial decisions, and medical decisions. It is like naming someone who will step into your shoes with the legal authority to act on your behalf.
Finally, when you are planning your estate, it is important to think about what will happen if you get sick and cannot make decisions for yourself. A Medical Power of Attorney lets you choose someone to make medical choices for you if you cannot make them for yourself. An Advance Health Care Directive or sometimes referred to as a Living Will is a document that gives you the opportunity to state your intentions for the type of medical treatment you are to receive if you are suffering from an end stage medical decision or if you become permanently unconscious.
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To find out more about our services, simply give us a call to set up a meeting with an experienced Bucks County estate attorney. During the meeting, we will talk about what you want to do and figure out the best way to do it. We will create all the necessary legal documents and then review the documents with you to make sure everything is clear and that your intentions are captured.
Probate and Estate Administration
When someone passes away, their Will needs to be given to the county Register of Wills office. This is so the person named in the Will can be legally appointed to follow through with the stated intentions of the deceased individual. Offering the Will to the Register of Wills’ office is called probate. The executor will be responsible for the administration of the estate including notifying the named beneficiaries, gathering the assets, paying debts and liabilities, calculating and paying the inheritance tax, and all other legal matters. Administering an estate can be a lot of work and the executor must comply with Pennsylvania laws; therefore, it is a good idea to hire an experienced estate law attorney in Bucks County to help out.
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Estate Litigation
Our Bucks County estate lawyers help trustees, administrators, executors and beneficiaries who are having disagreements about wills, trusts, and estates. This can happen when someone thinks a will is not real or was created through undue influence, or if someone in charge of the estate is not doing their job properly. We also assist with making sure a surviving spouse gets what they are supposed to from the estate per the spousal election laws. These issues are resolved in a special court called the Orphan’s Court. We also assist with other matters in the Orphan’s Court, like establishing guardianship for people who cannot make decisions for themselves and who do not have powers of attorney.
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If you need help with planning for the future, dealing with a loss, or sorting out a family matter, we have got your back. Our clients often recommend us for estate law in Bucks County, PA because we work hard, care about you, and always tell it like it is. Time can be of the essence in legal matters, so do not wait to talk to an estate law attorney in Bucks County, PA. We are happy to help you out. For more information, reach out to The Martin Law Firm, P.C. at (215) 646-3980.
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