Practice Areas / Estate, Trust, and Family-Wealth Planning / Estate Probate and Trust Administration

Estate Probate and Trust Administration

Lanier Ford regularly represents individuals and corporate fiduciaries in their roles as personal representatives, trustees, and guardians in the administration of decedent's estates.

Among other things, attorneys in this practice group deal with the following:

  • Coordinating the transfer of assets to one or more trusts during our client's life.
  • Counseling beneficiaries on their rights under the probate laws and trusts.
  • Litigating probate matters, including will contests and will and trust construction matters.
  • Preparing tax notices and tax returns for estates and trusts.