Our estate planning attorneys can assist with all of your Estate Planning & Probate needs.
Probate is the process that occurs upon a person's death and allows real estate to be transfered, a decedent's will to be established as controlling, and allows for the distribution of property after payment all debts and charges against a decedent's estate.
Estate planning is a financial plan that maximizes profit for your intended beneficiaries upon your death. A will is a written document directing the distribution of a person's property upon their death. Dying without a will leaves a person powerless in determining where their property goes upon their death.
Both probate and estate planning can be complex and overwhelming. We can help. The attorneys here at Kintzinger Law Firm are experienced and knowledgable and can assist you in making sound decisions in regards to your future. Our attorneys can also assist you in concerns after a loved ones death with issues regarding probate and contested wills.
We can help you draft either a simple will or set up a complicated estate plan. We can also help you establish your preferences for Organ Donation, help you write a Living Will, and establish a Health Care Power of Attorney and Financial Power of Attorney.
Let us help you take control over what happens to your property when you are unable to make these important decisions. Speak to one of our Dubuque estate planning attorneys today.
Probate is the process that occurs upon a person's death and allows real estate to be transfered, a decedent's will to be established as controlling, and allows for the distribution of property after payment all debts and charges against a decedent's estate.
Estate planning is a financial plan that maximizes profit for your intended beneficiaries upon your death. A will is a written document directing the distribution of a person's property upon their death. Dying without a will leaves a person powerless in determining where their property goes upon their death.
Both probate and estate planning can be complex and overwhelming. We can help. The attorneys here at Kintzinger Law Firm are experienced and knowledgable and can assist you in making sound decisions in regards to your future. Our attorneys can also assist you in concerns after a loved ones death with issues regarding probate and contested wills.
We can help you draft either a simple will or set up a complicated estate plan. We can also help you establish your preferences for Organ Donation, help you write a Living Will, and establish a Health Care Power of Attorney and Financial Power of Attorney.
Let us help you take control over what happens to your property when you are unable to make these important decisions. Speak to one of our Dubuque estate planning attorneys today.
A will is a legal tool that assists in the distribution of property upon a person's death. A will allows a person to assure that the appropriate people receive the property you wish to leave them with. Proper estate planning may lead to thousands of dollars being saved in taxes and probate.
- Who do you want to be your executor?
- Who do you want to receive your property?
- Is there a percentage you want each individual to receive?
- Are there specific items you want to leave to specific individuals (i.e. family heirloom, car, etc.)?
- If you have minor children, do you want to specify a guardian?
- If you have minor children, do you want to set up a trust until they reach the age of majority or older?
- Who would you want to be the trustee?
This is called dying "intestate". In this case, your assets will be distributed according to a statutory scheme instead of you having a say over where they go.
We have an entire article written about this important topic: Deciding Between Wills & Revocable Trusts
In addition to controlling where your assets go after you die, proper estate planning can potentially save thousands of dollars of federal estate taxes.
A living will is not actually a will. It in effect when you are still alive, but when a doctor has declared you unable to make medical decisions yourself. A living will allows you to outline the medical care you would like administered in this situation. We often draft a medical power of attorney together with a living will, which allows you to name trusted individuals to make medical decisions for you in the event you are unable to yourself.
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The determination of the need for legal services and the choice of a lawyer are extremely important decisions and should not be based solely upon advertisements or self-proclaimed expertise.
A description or indication of limitation of practice does not mean that any agency or board has certified such lawyer as a specialist or expert in an indicated field of law practice, nor does it mean that such lawyer is necessarily any more expert or competent than any other lawyer. All potential clients are urged to make their own independent investigation and evaluation of any lawyer being considered.
Memberships and offices in legal fraternities and legal societies, technical and professional licenses, and memberships in scientific, technical and professional associations and societies of law of field of practice do not mean that a lawyer is a specialist or expert in a field of law, nor do they mean that such lawyer is necessarily any more expert or competent than any other lawyer.
These notices are required by rule of the Supreme Court of Iowa.
The information you obtain at this site is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice, nor does it form an attorney-client relationship. You should consult an attorney for individual advice regarding your own situation.
*The Supreme Court of Iowa does not certify lawyers as specialists in the practice of law and that certification is not a requirement to practice law in the State of Iowa.
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