Protecting Your Family With Estate Planning
If you have worked hard to provide for your children your whole life, you may be worried about protecting them when you are not around. At Wayne Stewart Elder Law, we have over 30 years of experience helping clients prepare estate plans to protect their loved ones and assets. We represent clients throughout Denver and the surrounding communities.
Whether you are looking to protect a child with disabilities or leave a legacy through charitable donations, our attorney can help. Contact us online or call 303-872-5229 to schedule your appointment. We help clients use estate planning to protect the things that matter most.
Elements of Estate Planning
When a person dies, their family has many things to deal with. They need to make decisions about the funeral and burial, and they must handle any hospital bills or expenses that were incurred. By creating an estate plan, you clearly dictate how you would like your assets divided and distributed, removing the guess-work for your family. Our lawyer can help you with all areas of estate planning, including:
- Trusts, wills and powers of attorney: We can help you prepare any trust, will or powers of attorney document that you may need. This includes documents relating to your health care, should be unable to make decisions regarding any medical treatment.
- Guardianship and conservatorship: If you become incapacitated and are no longer able to effectively manage your affairs on your own, having a guardianship or conservatorship allows a person of your choice to look after your children or estate. Because the person who is named is given a great deal of power, it is important to pick someone you trust. When we work with clients, we take measures to help prevent the abuse of power. We use other estate planning tools to make it more difficult for one person to monopolize the situation.
- Asset plans for children: If you have a child whom you would like to receive some of your inheritance, an attorney can help make sure the gift is properly managed. Whether your child has special needs or money management issues, a trustee can help make sure the money is managed and distributed carefully.
In addition to the visible or common elements of estate planning, we also work with clients to make sure all the things they care about are addressed, such as pet trusts or legacy planning. We work with clients to create charitable trusts that allow people to continue donating money after they have deceased. Contact us online or call 303-872-5229 to schedule your appointment with an experienced Colorado estate planning attorney.