Estate Planning Law
Every adult needs an estate plan. Let Gary F. Smith work with you to develop a plan that will help your loved ones after your passing. Our Long Island Legal Team offers you our personal attention while we work to ensure your wishes are followed for the distribution of your property, your assets are protected, and you have provided for your loved ones.
Many people avoid planning for their estate and writing wills, as it makes them think about death. However, there is no more important matter than planning for your family and loved ones after your passing. Protect your assets and your family by having a professionally written will in place.
Gary F. Smith encourages his Long Island clients to ask themselves these most vital questions:
- Who will care for my children if I cannot?
- How do I want my finances handled after I pass?
- What can I do today to be sure that my passing is the less painful for my loved ones?
There are numerous online resources available for those who want to write their own wills. However, with 35 years of experience, Gary F. Smith will work with you to ensure that you are planning for your estate in the best way possible way, one that will assure your loved ones a simple process when the time comes.
Gary F. Smith can help you in the following areas:
- Wills, living trusts, insurance planning, life insurance trusts
- Medical power of attorney, living wills, advance medical directives
- Institutional endowments, charitable remainder trusts
- Credit shelter and bypass trusts
- Educational trusts
- Power of attorney, designation of guardian
- Family limited partnership, business successions
- Tax planning
- Estate Administration