Wood, Atter & Associates, a Florida Law firm located in Jacksonville provides businesses located in the areas around Duval, St. Johns, and other areas of North East Florida with Lawyers offering assistance in all aspects of Estate Planning. We understand that every client's most important estate-planning goal is to secure a future which provides for your spouse, family, and for the ones you love. Our attorneys can work with you to create AB trusts and living trusts (also known as revocable trusts), as well as guardianships and wills. We can also help you create various health care and financial directives, including medical powers of attorney, living wills, and financial powers of attorney, durable powers of attorney, and appointment. We want to insure that your personal matters and financial affairs are appropriately handled and structured.

Many people are unsure if, or when, they should seek the advice of a lawyer as they begin the process of Estate Planning. If you own property, have children, have recently been married or divorced, or wish to make a special bequest to a friend or relative, you should make or update your will. In addition, if you are new to the Jacksonville area or your will or other estate planning documents were created in another state, you might want our estate-planning attorneys to review your documents for validity, and to make sure they are best suited for your needs. Our estate-planning lawyers will insure that your property is distributed according to your wishes and not how others or the state of Florida would distribute your property without a will.

Our experience and expertise often enable our clients to reduce or eliminate death taxes and avoid probate. By setting up a living trust, you may avoid probate. Much like a will, a living trust describes what happens to your property in the event of your death. While you are alive, you remain in control and have the power to change the trust at any time. Setting up a living trust allows you to avoid the expense and long delays of probate, and may even save you money on taxes. Talk with us to see if this might be an option available to you.

Another important reason to meet with an estate-planning lawyer is to set forth in a legal document your wishes and directives regarding your healthcare and finances. These documents are critical, in the event you are rendered unconscious or otherwise unable to state your wishes. Our lawyers can help you draft medical powers of attorney, living wills, and financial powers of attorney and appointment that will help your family and medical providers make important decisions if you are unable to do so.

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