Wooden McLaughlin attorneys provide representation for: (i) personal representatives (executors and administrators) throughout the administration of a decedent’s estate; (ii) trustees in connection with their management and administration of trusts; and (iii) beneficiaries of estates and trusts. With regard to trust and estate administration, we consider both our client’s fiduciary obligations to fulfill the desires of the trust-grantor or decedent, as well as the intentions of the trust-grantor or decedent.

Our trust and estate administration services include:

• Counseling executors and personal representatives
• Counseling beneficiaries regarding their interests in trusts and estates
• Resolution of intra-family and trustee-beneficiary disputes, including family settlement agreements, family compromise agreements, and representation of trustees and/or beneficiaries
• Analysis of tax matters associated with estate and trust income and distributions
• Assistance with valuation matters for trust and estate assets
• Development of tax-efficient strategies through consideration of available deductions and exemptions, including estate tax marital deductions and special valuation rules
• Structuring and coordinating distributions to beneficiaries
• Preparation of federal estate tax returns