Augusta Estate Planning
Augusta Estate Planning
The Farrell Law Firm is dedicated to providing Augusta residents with tailor-made Wills, Trusts, and Powers of Attorney. Selecting an Augusta Estate Planning attorney could be one of the most important decisions you make. The right lawyer can mean the difference between a successful distribution of your estate and significant loss of your estate to probate lawyer fees.
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Here are a few factors to consider in hiring an experienced Augusta estate planning attorney:
Tailor-Made Estate Plans
You, your family, and your legacy are unique. Whether you are planning for long-term care, providing for a special needs child, or preserving your children’s inheritance, find an attorney who can craft the individualized estate planning strategy you need. Don’t go to someone who also practices business law, family law, or some other branch of law while doing estate planning on the side.
Find a lawyer who never uses a cookie-cutter approach for resolving matters of probate or Medicare planning, or resorts to using a rote formula for writing up your estate plan. The estate planning attorney should tailor each estate plan to your specific goals, whether that includes ensuring you can afford a nursing home, take care of a special needs child, protect your child’s inheritance after a divorce, and more.
Referred by others
You should see what others have to say about the lawyer. You should use one that has been referred by, at least, hundreds of people. Visit the lawyer’s website and see if hundreds or thousands of others have had great things to say about the lawyer. There is no greater way to evaluate a lawyer than what others have had to say about him or her and their services.
Regularly writes or speaks about estate planning
By working with an attorney who regularly writes or speaks about estate planning, you’ll see an attorney who is on top of changes in estate planning laws. As an example, I’ve written a couple of different books on estate planning. One is tailored for a Georgia audience and is titled Estate Planning for the Modern Family: A Georgian’s guide to Wills, Trusts, and Powers of Attorney. The other is similarly named and ranked as a # 1 new release on Amazon. Additionally, I routinely hold seminars to educate the public on important estate planning topics such as how to protect your home and family from the Probate Court.
Our mission is to ensure you have the knowledge, resources, and legal documentation needed to preserve and pass down your legacy. We will work one-on-one with you to tailor an estate planning strategy to you and your unique needs and in the future when you need to make updates or modifications. We are dedicated to helping you find peace of mind and take care of your loved ones.
General FAQ
Estate Planning is the process for arranging, while you are alive, for the management and distribution of your assets upon your passing, among other things.
Estate Planning can allow you to pass on your assets to where you want them to go instead of it being decided by the Court. It can also help you reduce or eliminate any estate taxes your family may have to pay when you pass away. Estate Planning can also allow you to name a guardian for your minor children. It can also help prevent confusion and disputes among your family when you pass away. Estate Planning has many benefits.
Your estate will consist of any assets you have in your name when you pass away. This typically includes things like your home, your car, certain investments, personal items such as furniture, or collections such as art or stamps. What it doesn’t typically include are things like life insurance policies, IRA’s, and 401(k)’s.
Every estate plan should include a Last Will and Testament, a financial power of attorney, and an Advance Directive for Health Care. A more sophisticated estate plan may include a trust, such as a Revocable Living Trust.
How to create your Estate Plan in the Digital Age
When it comes to having a complete Estate Plan in place, the times have changed and many people prefer to complete their estate plan on their own time. These days, you don’t have to:
- Schedule time off of work
- Coordinate with your significant other
- Drive across town
- Fight traffic
- and wait for the attorney in their office
Instead, we make it easy to prepare a complete Estate Plan, including a Last Will and Testament, Financial Power of Attorney, and Advance Directive for Health Care through a phone call, emails, and regular mail. Here’s how it works:
- Call (678) 809-4922 to schedule a free initial consultation.
- I will email to you an Estate Planning Questionnaire for your completion, which will just take a few minutes of your time.
- Using your answers, I will then draft your Estate Planning Documents, including a Last Will and Testament, Financial Power of Attorney, and Advance Directive for Health Care and mail them to you with detailed instructions on how to sign them so you can have the peace of mind that comes along with having a complete Estate Plan into place.
