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Estate Planning

An Estate Planning Attorney Helps Protect Your Assets

Preserving your family’s wealth for future generations

Whether you’re planning the parameters of your future medical care or establishing support for loved ones upon your death, Baker, Brown, Thompson & Stevens, P.C. can help with all aspects of your estate plan, including:

  • Advance directives (living wills) & Powers of Attorney
  • Wills
  • Choosing the appropriate executor or other fiduciaries
  • Guardianships
  • Trusts
  • Estate and Gift Tax Planning Matters

Estate planning documents are extremely flexible and can be designed to fit your unique needs. Kacey works closely with you to determine your goals and create precise instruments to carry out your intentions.

Securing your legacy

You’ve worked hard for your family, so knowing that you have planned for their long-term well-being and financial security can bring you great comfort.  Kacey will analyze your estate and strategize with you to determine the best means of transferring your assets, minimizing taxes, establishing guardianship for your children, caring for your pets, supporting personal philanthropic causes and protecting your loved ones.

Executing a valid and effective will

Executing a valid will is rather simple; executing an effective will takes a bit more work. The probate court approves a will if it finds the document was executed intentionally and freely by a person of sound mind, is written in clear, unambiguous language and is signed and witnessed. That’s really the easy part. To be effective, your will must be comprehensive, covering the full range of your worldly possessions and your deepest concerns, and contemplating various contingencies. Kacey works closely with you to memorialize your intentions completely and instructing that they be carried out in the most efficient manner possible.

Once executed, your will remains your final statement of your intentions until you amend or revoke it.

Your last will provides the opportunity to distribute your property, establish care for your children and otherwise express your wishes upon your death. A will is necessary if you intend to leave property to a person or entity other than a blood relative, such as a domestic partner, a friend or a charity. If you die without a will, the court determines how your property is distributed, who cares for your children and even what happens to your pet – making decisions that might not reflect your desires.

Drafting valid wills helps ensure that your intentions are honored.

Changing your will

As your life changes, so might your estate plan. You should update your will periodically throughout your life. Kacey drafts valid codicils that address changes in your financial situation, marital status, number of children, philanthropic interests and general lifestyle decisions.

Appointment of guardians

If you have minor children, your will allows you to make decisions about their future care. Naming a guardian is especially important if you are a single parent, but even married couples must consider the remote possibility of perishing in a common incident. If you do not name a guardian, the court will appoint one whose decisions may be in conflict with your parenting goals. You can also make arrangements for your pets’ care in your will, even naming a guardian to assume ownership.

Contact an estate planning attorney you can trust.

For comprehensive estate planning services in Lubbock and throughout the South Plains area, call Baker, Brown, Thompson & Stevens, P.C. at 806-792-1014 or contact Kacey online to schedule a consultation.

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