estate planning: New Haven, CT Estate Planning: Avoiding Probate By Using Trusts
- 11/02/22 08:25 AM
As an estate planning attorney in New Haven, Connecticut, clients often come to me and say they want to avoid probate. This usually occurs after they have been through the probate process for a parent or other family member and have learned the hard way just how much of a nightmare it can be. Fortunately, with proper planning, much of the probate process can be simplified or avoided entirely with the use of trusts. In Connecticut, the probate process is used to settle estates and transfer a decedent’s property. The use of a will does not avoid going through the probate court. To the contrary, … (0 comments)
estate planning: New Haven, CT Estate Planning: Children From a Prior Marriage
- 05/29/22 04:24 AM
As an estate planning attorney in New Haven, Connecticut, I counsel clients in all stages of life and with varying backgrounds. Some clients are single, some are married, some are divorced or widowed, and some are in second or third marriages. While all of these situations require different considerations from an estate planning perspective, clients who have remarried and have children from prior marriages find themselves in a unique position. How do they provide for their spouse and ensure their children from a previous marriage are also taken into consideration?
To illustrate the potential problem, take the following example: John and Jane … (1 comments)
estate planning: New Haven, CT: The Connecticut Probate Process Simplified
- 04/21/22 11:39 AM
I am an estate administration legal assistant in New Haven, Connecticut, and frequently encounter clients who are in the vulnerable position of just losing loved ones and unfamiliar with the Connecticut probate process. My main objective is to inform clients of the administration process in a straightforward manner. Connecticut has a streamlined process for settling small estates, where the decedent owned less than $40,000.00 in solely owned assets. The process includes filing an affidavit and an estate tax return, and circumvents regular estate proceedings. Thus, the small estate procedure expends less time and funds. This process cannot be used if the … (1 comments)
estate planning: New Haven, CT Estate Planning: When Should I Create An Estate Plan?
- 04/11/22 04:20 AM
I am an estate planning attorney in New Haven, Connecticut. As such, I’m often asked the question, “when should I get an estate plan?” Although estate planning involves much more, the potential client is generally asking the me when they should get a will or trust. I routinely handle estate planning for clients from different walks and stages of life, and over the years have concluded the answer is this: if you experience (or are about to experience) a significant life change, you should create or consider revising your estate plan. For example, getting married, the birth or adoption of a … (0 comments)
As an estate planning attorney in New Haven, Connecticut, clients often come to me and say they want to avoid probate. This usually occurs after they have been through the probate process for a parent or other family member and have learned the hard way just how much of a nightmare it can be. 
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