Estate Planning
In a highly regulated and heavily taxed society and in a world in which future events are difficult to predict, the accumulation, transmission and distribution of wealth pose a host of complex legal issues. The child that gets his own needs the blessing of an experienced attorney as well as the blessing of God.
We have assisted clients in planning the distribution of their property and have represented executors, administrators and trustees in the administration of estates and trusts since the 1850's — long before the advent of estate or income taxes. The tax collector is not high on the list of anyone’s intended beneficiaries; planning in order to reduce the impact of taxes has become essential in many estate plans. Although dealing with taxes adds an important dimension to proper planning, the role of the attorney — to counsel with the client and to assist in developing a plan which best serves the client’s needs and wishes — has not changed. We seek to provide every possible benefit to the client and his or her family and other beneficiaries by helping to create and give effect to suitable estate planning documents as speedily, efficiently and economically as possible, always giving appropriate consideration to taxes.
We offer the knowledge and experience to counsel with clients to permit each client to implement the estate plan which the client determines will best serve his or her objectives. We also have the knowledge and experience required to work with and represent individual and corporate executors and administrators, individual and corporate trustees, and other fiduciaries in the performance of their varied and complex duties.
Bieser, Greer & Landis provides our clients with knowledge and experience to protect our clients’ decisions and intentions through probate administration. We offer our clients the peace of mind to know that their estate will be handled to minimize and avoid tax issues. With a will, a person can control how and to whom their property will be distributed after death. Without a will, the law will decide how, by whom and to whom a person’s estate will be distributed.
Our attorneys are also experienced with the creation of trusts and trust administration. A trust can provide a client more control than a will over the timing and nature of asset distribution. Trusts provide our clients and their families with the protection they deserve and preserve the assets they have accrued through their lifetime.
Bieser, Greer & Landis provides our clients with experienced and knowledgeable attorneys who have handled the administrations of hundreds of estates. Our attorneys are experienced with every phase of estate administration or trust administration. In addition, our attorneys are also experienced with will contests, concealment actions, removals of conservators, executors and guardians, as well as the need to appoint guardians, executors or trustees.
Illness, age or an unforeseen accident can impair and prohibit an individual’s ability to care for personal or financial needs. The attorneys at Bieser, Greer & Landis have experience establishing guardianships (of a mentally disabled person) or conservatorships (of a physically disabled person) to assist and handle the management of that person’s affairs through the supervision of the Probate Court. Our experienced attorneys can assist in the establishment of guardianships and conservatorships and make reports and accounts to the Probate Court.