Pennsylvania Estate Planning Attorney

The laws in Pennsylvania pertaining to estates and probate are written at the state level. These laws, rules and regulations are understood best by those who specialize in this area of law and who practice in your state. Let Legal Match help you find a Pennsylvania estate planning attorney near your home. Whether you are in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg or Allentown estate planning attorneys are easy to find.

Have you started your estate planning? In Pennsylvania if you die intestate, without a will, your estate will probably go to the Court of Common Pleas to be dispersed. This process known as probate can take many months to complete. During this time the assets in your estate are frozen and your possible heirs may all be hiring attorneys to protect their interest.

Much of what an estate planning attorney does is to help you avoid probate court. The different ways this is accomplished are having bank accounts that are "transfer on death" or "payable on death". The same thing can be done with real estate if you use "joint tenancy with right of survivorship". Retirement plans and insurance policies may also be named to avoid probate.

Other options are available for avoiding probate, such as gifting money before you die. Living trusts are a very popular way of passing your property quickly, out of probate. Your Pennsylvania estate planning attorney, after taking a close look at your finances, should be able to recommend all the ways that apply to you.

Estate planning also works on all things pertaining to taxes. More about this can be read about on our taxes and estate planning page. Tax planning should deal with the possible estate tax, your personal and business taxes. Taxes can quickly eat up an estate if this part of your planning is neglected.

Their are many ways of dealing with children, such as assigning guardianship and establishing trusts. It is easy to neglect this part assuming your spouse will be around to take care of the kids. Proper planning takes all possibilities into account, including the chance of you and your spouse dieing together in an accident.

All matters of finance and estates require the use of forms and legal documents. When that need arises you may find Legal Zoom a fast, easy, online solution. The small price you pay is cheaper than driving all over town for one piece of paper.

Hopefully you are currently working with a Pennsylvania estate planning attorney. If not, let Legal Match help locate one for you. The service allows interested law firms to respond to a form filled out by you. When attorneys respond, you are then able to look at any feed back they may have. You pay only if you hire one of the recommended attorneys.

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