Ohio Estate Planning and Probate Lawyer
Since 1982, the law firm of Dorothea J. Kingsbury, Attorney at Law, has counseled clients in estate planning and probate administration. Our estate planning lawyer provides our clients with legal guidance in creating estate plans that secure their families' futures and shelter them from unnecessary taxation. We help clients with probate administration and work to maintain our comprehensive familiarity with the most recent case law and state rules regarding probate law.
Estate Planning
Our estate planning attorney can help clients plan for life's transitions by putting a plan in place to distribute the assets of the client's estate at death. Our estate planning lawyer understands the various options, including complex estate planning, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, asset valuation, distribution of assets, charitable contributions, special needs planning, advance directives (living wills), guardianships, estate tax planning, and gift tax avoidance.
Wills
In helping our clients create wills, we give them peace of mind from knowing that their estate and assets will be handled according to their wishes. Our attorney advises clients in creating everything from complex testamentary documents to simple wills.
Power of Attorney
In establishing durable powers of attorney, we assist people in preparing for health and financial decisions for when they are unable to do so themselves.
Trusts
We guide our clients through a range of trust options, including revocable and irrevocable trusts, incentive trusts, support trusts, and special needs trusts for children and adults with disabilities, including third-party special needs trusts and self-settled special needs trusts.
Guardianships
Our estate planning attorney helps clients establish legal guardianships for adults with disabilities, elderly adults, and minor children.
Probate Administration
When you lose a family member, our probate administration lawyer can assist you and your family in handling all property and income in order to pay any remaining taxes, claims, or debts. Our probate administration services include acting as estate executors, settling disputes, and distributing remaining property to heirs, including the transfer of titles. We have the experience to resolve will contests in probate cases where there is a dispute involving a beneficiary.
Contact us at our Pepper Pike, Ohio, law office for the legal counsel you and your family deserve in estate planning and probate administration.
Dorothea J. Kingsbury, Attorney at Law
30195 Chagrin Blvd. Suite 110
Pepper Pike, OH 44124
216-464-1116 (phone)
216-464-1117 (fax)
From law offices in Pepper Pike, Ohio, the law firm of Dorothea J. Kingsbury, Attorney at Law, serves clients in Cleveland, Beachwood, Lyndhurst, Solon, Mayfield, Mayfield Heights, University Heights, Cleveland Heights, Highland Hills, Warrensville Heights, Gates Mills, Chesterland, Orange, Shaker Heights, Chagrin Falls, Bentleyville, Bedford, Independence, Brecksville, Broadview Heights, Cuyahoga County, Summit County, Geauga County, Lake County, Medina County, Lorain County, and Portage County.