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General Estate Planning

Doustkam & Associates attorneys will assist you in developing an estate plan that is personal to you and your family. A general estate plan will allow you to accomplish the following objectives:

Direct who will receive your assets upon your death
Avoid the costly and lengthy probate process
Protect your assets from the claims of future creditors
Achieve estate tax, gift tax, and generation-skipping transfer tax savings
Provide instructions regarding the care of your minor children
Provide instructions regarding your medical care in the event of incapacitation

While each estate plan is based on our client’s personal needs and desires, our comprehensive general estate plan typically consists of the following documents, each of which is drafted with your personal circumstances and desires in mind: Will (Simple Will or Pour-Over Will), Living Trust, Power of Attorney (Limited Power of Attorney and General Power of Attorney), and Advance HealthCare Directive.

For those clients whose needs include estate tax planning, gift planning, generation-skipping transfer tax planning, or charitable planning, our experienced attorneys can assist you in preparing the following types of trusts:

Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRT)
Qualified Domestic Trusts (QDOT)
Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (ILIT)
Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts (IDGT)
Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRAT)
Special Needs Trusts (SNT)
Charitable Trusts (e.g., Charitable Lead Unitrust, Charitable Retained Unitrust, Charitable Lead Annuity Trusts, Charitable Retained Annuity Trusts, etc.)

Click on the links to the side for specific information about the above-listed trust and estate planning techniques.

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General Estate Planning

Direct who will receive your assets upon your death

Avoid the costly and lengthy probate process

Protect your assets from the claims of future creditors

Achieve estate tax, gift tax, and generation-skipping transfer tax savings

Provide instructions regarding the care of your minor children

Provide instructions regarding your medical care in the event of incapacitation

Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (QPRT)

Qualified Domestic Trusts (QDOT)

Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (ILIT)

Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts (IDGT)

Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRAT)

Special Needs Trusts (SNT)

Charitable Trusts (e.g., Charitable Lead Unitrust, Charitable Retained Unitrust, Charitable Lead Annuity Trusts, Charitable Retained Annuity Trusts, etc.)