Estate Planning
You've spent a lifetime building
your assests, now take 30 minutes
to protect them!
Why you need an Estate Plan
Regardless of your age or the the amount of your assets, you need an estate plan as it is a very important part of preparing for the future. Having an estate plan in place helps to ensure that your friends and family know exactly what steps to take if for some reason you become incapacitated and are unable to make decisions for yourself. It also allows you to provide for your loved ones and have a voice when deciding what will happen to your minor children, assets and property once you pass away. Our Tennessee estate planning attorney is dedicated to listening to your concerns and guiding you through the process to help you establish an estate plan that works for you and your loved ones. We offer serveral low cost flat fee Estate Planning Services. Some of the estate planning services we offer are:
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Wills
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Trusts
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Healthcare Power of Attorney
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Financial Power of Attorney
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Health Care Directives
Top ten reasons to create an estate plan.
With an estate plan, you can:
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Provide support and financial stability - Provide support for your surviving spouse, children, and grandchildren.
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Preserve wealth - Preserve your wealthfor later generations.
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Ensure your wishes are carried out - Ensure your wishes are carried outif you are ever become incompetent and are unable to manage your affairs. It's important to have both a financial power of attorney and a living will.
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Support a charity - Support your favorite charity or cause with a gift of money, securities, or other property.
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Distribute assets - Distribute assetsto beneficiaries in a timely fashion, with minimum legal hassles.
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Minimize expenses - Minimize taxes and expenses that can go along with transferring assets.
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Provide - Provide enough cash to meet expenses and prevent the forced sale of assets.
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Limit issues - Limit issues for your loved ones by clearly specifying beneficiaries and the benefits you want them to receive.
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Protect your privacy - Protect your family's privacy with an estate plan designed to prevent your will from having to be probated and becoming public record.
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Set and meet expectations - Set and meet expectations of your survivors so there is no confusion or misunderstanding.
