Practical Estate Plan Solutions Tailored to Personal and Family Objectives
If you need advice about wills, trusts, powers of attorney or Alabama probate, it makes sense to work with an experienced lawyer whose familiarity with real estate, business and family law adds substantial value to an estate plan. Contact the law firm of Fulton S. Hamilton, Attorney At Law in Huntsville to learn about your most effective alternatives for achieving essential personal and family goals.
Most of our law firm's clients benefit from a basic estate plan that covers such instruments as a last will and testament, financial and medical powers of attorney, advance directives for health care providers, and such additional estate planning tools as may be necessary to cover specific family needs. For example, a testamentary trust can address the future care of a vulnerable or disabled adult child, as well as other highly focused objectives.
While the fundamental tools of estate planning will meet most client goals for transferring assets, planning for incapacity and specifying clear preferences about life support under defined medical circumstances, our law firm does not consider that avoiding probate needs to be an important objective for most North Alabama clients. Our state's probate laws and procedures are clear and practical, and only rarely will a family need to plan for the transfer of assets outside of probate to avoid undue expenses or delays.
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As well as advising clients about the specific terms of their estate plan documentation, Huntsville probate attorney Fulton Hamilton also handles estate administration and intestacy proceedings in Madison, Limestone, Morgan and Jackson counties. His advice to personal representatives either named by the last will and testament or appointed by the court in the absence of a will can help save time and money while avoiding the mistakes that often cause delays and generate disputes.
Some families turn to our law firm for help when an elderly parent's declining health or incapacity threatens the person's ability to live independently. We can advise you about your options for guardianship or conservatorship to help a person with basic life activities or protect someone from exploitation or financial abuse.
If you have had your estate plan in place for several years or longer, it could probably benefit from an experienced attorney's review. If it was prepared in another state, it's a good idea to see whether any of its provisions might generate problems under Alabama law. To learn more about the estate planning and probate practice at the law office of Fulton S. Hamilton, Attorney At Law , contact us in Huntsville.
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