Estate planning, willS & probate services
Do you have a will in place? If you have a spouse or partner does he or she have a will in place? Do circumstances lead you to believe that you should have a trust? Do you need assistance with your finances and keeping track of your assets? If so, perhaps you should have a Durable Power of Attorney...and a Health Care Directive. A counselling session would assist you in deciding what actions you should take now to both preserve your estate and see to it that it is transferred in accordance with your wishes.
The loss of a loved one should lead you to talk to a legal advisor whether that person left a will or not. There are many issues to discuss and all family members will most likely have questions on how the estate is to be handled and by whom. A will should be in place so that many issues do not arise. Now in Maine estates are filed electronically and it is not a user friendly process. I can help you with the initial filing as well as with other subsequent issues should they arise.
One issue seems to be universally overlooked by surviving spouses or partners and it involves real estate whether owned by the decedent outright or by both spouses or partners jointly. The State of Maine has an automatic lien on the real property that should be discharged now and not 10 or 15 years later when it comes to the attention of the surviving spouse or partner on the eve of a sale of the property.
My suggestion? Call me at (207) 625-4262 or click here to e-mail me so that you can be advised of what actions you should take.
The loss of a loved one should lead you to talk to a legal advisor whether that person left a will or not. There are many issues to discuss and all family members will most likely have questions on how the estate is to be handled and by whom. A will should be in place so that many issues do not arise. Now in Maine estates are filed electronically and it is not a user friendly process. I can help you with the initial filing as well as with other subsequent issues should they arise.
One issue seems to be universally overlooked by surviving spouses or partners and it involves real estate whether owned by the decedent outright or by both spouses or partners jointly. The State of Maine has an automatic lien on the real property that should be discharged now and not 10 or 15 years later when it comes to the attention of the surviving spouse or partner on the eve of a sale of the property.
My suggestion? Call me at (207) 625-4262 or click here to e-mail me so that you can be advised of what actions you should take.
