The Perla Law Firm, LLC – Estate Law
Estate Planning
Protecting Your Family, Your Assets, and Your Peace of Mind Through Comprehensive Estate Law Services.
A Plan and Protection for You and Your Family
You may have had an estate plan set up years ago, or have never gotten around to it, or maybe things in your life have recently change.
You may be wealthy or have modest savings. No matter what your situation, what you have accumulated through your life’s work is important to you and your family, making your own decisions about how your health care or financials would be handled in the event of your disability is important to you.
An attorney will meet with you and walk you through setting up a plan, step-by-step, to protect your assets, save your family the time and money of probate, and ensure that your wishes are followed in life and death.
Read more about some of the Estate Planning services we offer our clients.
Wills
The most fundamental part of any estate plan is the Will. A Will directs how your probate estate is to be administered upon your death.
Financial Power of Attorney
A financial power of attorney is a legal instrument that gives authority to another person to manage your finances.
Living Trusts
A living trust is a revocable trust which goes into effect during a person’s lifetime. A properly funded living trust will avoid probate.
Healthcare Power of Attorney & Living Will
A Health Care Power of Attorney is a document that allows you to designate an adult to act as your agent to make health care decisions for you should you be unable to do so.
Probate Avoidance Deeds
Probate is the legal process by which property (that is not jointly owned, in trust or with a beneficiary designation) owned by a person is transferred to that person’s beneficiaries upon his death.
Disposition of Bodily Remains
The Disposition of Bodily Remains is a document that allows you to appoint one person to make your final arrangements, including the location and manner of your funeral, burial, cremation or other manner of final disposition.
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Estate Law Services
Estate Planning • Wills • Living Trusts • Probate Avoidance Deeds • Financial Power of Attorney • Healthcare Power of Attorney & Living Will • Disposition of Bodily Remains • Medicaid Planning • Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts • Special Needs Trusts • Elder Law • Caregiver Agreements • Guardianships