Trusts & Estates

Attorneys at The Frutkin Law Firm help individuals and families throughout Arizona with their wills and trusts and other estate planning issues, including business succession planning, tax planning, and healthcare directives.

It is never too early to create an estate plan.  We find through our work with entrepreneurs and business professionals that young people starting out in business and starting a family understand the importance of protecting what they are building and providing for every contingency that may unexpectedly arise.

Planning for the Future

Planning for the future includes deciding how to distribute your estate upon your death.  While wills are the traditional tool for distributing an estate and remain important today, many clients choose to create a revocable living trust, which allow assets placed in the trust to avoid probate administration.

Planning for the future also includes deciding what will happen in the event you are somehow incapacitated and rendered either physically or mentally incapable of taking care of yourself or your financial affairs.  Advance directives and health care directives (living wills) and durable powers of attorney ensure that your wishes regarding your care and your financial matters will be carried out in accordance with your directions.

Business succession planning and asset protection are other areas which are often overlooked yet are critical to protecting and preserving the wealth you have worked so hard to create.  Forming the right LLC or other corporate entity and knowing how to properly secure exempt assets can be essential to shielding your estate from overexposure in cases of business liability or personal bankruptcy.  Our attorneys are well-versed in tax law and work closely with accountants to provide accurate, timely advice and execution of the appropriate documents.

Administration and Litigation

In addition to advising clients on their estate plan, we also perform trust and probate administration services for our clients.  Probate administration can be an especially time-consuming and expensive process, and our attorneys work to minimize the time and expense of probate.  Wills and trusts are legal documents subject to challenge, interpretation, and enforcement by the courts of the state.  Where litigation is necessary, our lawyers have the expertise and courtroom experience to effectively challenge or defend a trust or will provision, or the actions of a trustee, executor, administrator or other fiduciary.

Experienced Legal Representation

More detailed information on estate planning, including taxation issues, can be found at www.estatelawyersaz.com, a website devoted exclusively to The Frutkin Law Firm's work in the area of estate planning.  For effective advice, assistance, and representation with trust and estate issues, contact The Frutkin Law Firm, PLC.