Areas of Practice: Estates & Trusts

Our attorneys are skilled in the creation of both simple and complex wills and trusts. We are experienced in the preparation of general powers of attorney and advance medical directives. The attorneys in our estate planning and administration group have also been involved in the litigation of estate and fiduciary matters.

Estate Administration

Taylor & Walker, P.C., provides a full range of estate administration services designed to achieve the personal, economics and tax planning goals of our clients. These services include guidance with respect to the accumulation, retention and transfer of assets.

We prepare all varieties of wills, revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts and charitable giving documents. Careful consideration is given to income tax, gift tax, estate tax and skipping transfer tax-consequences of all such documents.

Our Estate Administration Practice offers our clients a detailed package that includes planning for marriage, divorce, retirement, disability and death. Our attorneys are experienced in administering estates and trusts of all sizes. We have provided assistance in matters such as the following:

Wills Revocable Trusts Irrevocable Trusts Life Insurance Trust Charitable Trusts Family Partnership Family Limited Liability GRATS Personal Residence Trust Prenuptial Agreement Decedent’s Estates Trust Administration Estate Tax Returns Tax Audits General Durable Powers of Attorneys Health Care Powers of Attorney Conservatorship Guardianship Elder Law

Estates & Trusts

The use of Wills and Trusts is often necessary to preserve and transfer an individual’s assets. Our estate planning attorneys have substantial experience in drafting and administrating Wills and Trusts. Our experience enables us to provide efficient, responsive and cost-effective legal guidance in this significant, personal area.

Healthcare Power of Attorney

This is a document valid in most states which allows you, while you are competent, to choose someone you trust and love to make a medical decision on your behalf. This is usually in place when you are incapable of making your own decisions, such as during surgery or unconscious from an accident. This document permits someone you trust to make the same medical decisions you would if you were capable.

Living Will

A Living Will is a document in which your wishes concerning the continuation or removal of medical treatment in certain conditions. These conditions are usually after you have been fully examined by more than one physician and they determine to a medical certainty that you are either permanently unconscious or you have a terminal condition where death will occur in a short period. This document will allow you to make the decision about your life, rather than requiring loved ones to determine the decision at a time when they will be upset and emotional.

Power of Attorney

A Power of Attorney is a written document stating that one person gives another person complete control and authority to represent him or her. Typically, the document is signed by both parties.