Estate and Trust Administration

Solving the estate and trust administration puzzles

Estate and trust administration is the legal process of administering an estate after someone dies. It is a complicated maze. To begin this process, you must contact your local circuit court and obtain its procedures. Estate and trust administration includes the following:

  • Proving in court that a deceased person’s will is valid
  • Identifying and inventorying the deceased person’s property
  • Property appraisal
  • Paying debts and taxes
  • Distributing property as directed by a will
  • Transferring title and ownership of assets to the appropriate beneficiaries

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We can help you navigate through the estate and trust administration maze. If you have questions about a loved one’s will or trust, the attorneys of Quinto & Wilks, P.C. can answer them in easy-to-understand language. Most frequently, our firm serves as counsel to executors and administrators of estates, assisting them in the proper exercise of their fiduciary obligations. We also frequently qualify as personal representatives of estates and successor trustees of trusts. If litigation becomes necessary, our attorneys fight to protect you from liability as a fiduciary.

Often the administration of an estate does not involve a probate process, such as when a decedent’s assets were owned in a trust established prior to the person’s death. Despite the absence of a probate process, the proper administration of a trust presents its own challenges and requirements that can result in controversy and liability if not undertaken properly. Our attorneys have a wealth of experience in assisting trustees in the proper fulfillment of their fiduciary obligations. Also, when necessary and appropriate, our firm frequently serves as trustee.

Quite simply, we take the guesswork out of what to do when, who has what rights, and how to transfer assets from one generation to the next.

Find your way through the maze of estate and trust administration. Contact Quinto & Wilks, P.C.

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