ESTATES

You value being able to make your own decisions about your finances, property, health care and raising your children while you're living and healthy. Should you die or become incapacitated, you hope others will handle these matters for you according to your wishes. You owe it to yourself to consider an estate plan if you're concerned about the transfer of your assets to your heirs or other beneficiaries and the future security of your loved ones. No matter your net worth, it's important to have a basic estate plan in place. The only way to assure that your family and financial goals are met after you die is through estate planning. This process involves weighing various personal and financial decisions and creating legal arrangements to carry out those decisions. The lawyers of Ossinsky & Cathcart, P.A. can help in the preparation for the distribution and management of your estate through the use of Wills, trusts, beneficiary designations, powers of attorney, and work with other professionals who can help with insurance policies and other arrangements, especially to reduce estate-tax liability. Our attorneys can help you evaluate some of the benefits of estate planning and realize that regardless of the size of your estate, there are many alternatives for accomplishing your planning goals.
 
You should have an estate plan if:

• you care about who inherits your property
• you care about your health care treatment
• you are the parent of minor or disabled children
• you want to avoid the public proceedings of a possible guardianship and/or probate