Wills, Estate Planning, Estate Administration and Probate
| Attorneys Practicing in this Area: Kenneth F. Essex Stephen H. Morris |
The purpose of estate planning is to provide for the management and disposition of your property, during your lifetime as well as after your death. A properly crafted estate plan will:
- Distribute your assets to the beneficiaries you have chosen
- Minimize the taxes on your estate
- Name a guardian to care for your children and your children’s assets
- Provide for your care, and for the management of your assets, in case you are disabled by an incapacitating illness or accident
- Designate your preferences concerning life support and the designation of a person or persons to make health care decisions for you in the event you are unable to make them for yourself.
- Save your heirs time and money
No matter how large or small your estate, a well-drafted estate plan helps to ensure that your property passes to whom you want, and in the manner you want. It can also provide for the care of your minor children.
Estate Planning and Litigation
At Essex Richards, P.A., our estate planning lawyers provide you with practical solutions to your estate planning concerns. We provide experienced estate planning services to people throughout North Carolina. Each client and each client's affairs receive close and personal attention. We help clients with many different estate planning options, including:
- Wills
- Living wills
- Trusts
- Life insurance trusts
- Charitable trusts
- Special “needs” trusts
- Durable powers of attorney
- Healthcare powers of attorney
- Elder law
- Tax planning
Probate Administration
We will help you manage the estate of a loved one in a professional, sensitive, and cost-effective manner. We often represent clients who live out of state, or who are international, but whose relatives left assets in North Carolina. Our probate administration and estate litigation services include handling will contests on behalf of people who wish to challenge a will, disputes regarding interpretation of a will, and actions to recover estate assets which have been misappropriated.
Contact Us
We are committed to seeing that your estate administration and probate process proceeds smoothly. Contact the estate planning lawyers and probate administration attorneys at Essex Richards, P.A., for the handling of all your estate needs.