Creating an estate plan is a large and important step; a step that you don't want to make uninformed. The Edwards Law Firm welcomes you to the Estate Planning and Elder Law resource center for Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Fernandina Beach, and Orange Park, Florida.
Our experienced attorneys strive for excellence in providing expert legal services in the broad areas of Estate Planning and Elder Law, including general and advanced estate planning, probate and trust administration, asset protection, long term care planning, VA benefits planning, and guardianship.Our professional staff will be happy to help you gain the knowledge you need to secure your future and that of your loved ones.
The Edwards Law Firm can help you with the creation and administration of your Living Trust. A Living Trust is an alternative to a Will and, like a Will, it enables you to declare in writing how and by whom your estate should be managed. Also like a Will, a Living Trust governs how you want your property to be distributed in the event of death.
Our experienced attorneys strive for excellence in providing expert legal services in the broad areas of Estate Planning and Elder Law, including general and advanced estate planning, probate and trust administration, asset protection, long term care planning, VA benefits planning, and guardianship.Our professional staff will be happy to help you gain the knowledge you need to secure your future and that of your loved ones.
The Edwards Law Firm can help you with the creation and administration of your Living Trust. A Living Trust is an alternative to a Will and, like a Will, it enables you to declare in writing how and by whom your estate should be managed. Also like a Will, a Living Trust governs how you want your property to be distributed in the event of death.
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Our firm is dedicated to providing you with quality estate planning resources, so you can become familiar with all of the existing options.
When you visit or call our office, we want you to feel comfortable discussing such an important issue concerning both you and your family.
We want to arm you with the information you need to make an informed decision about your family's future.
If you have a well-drafted estate plan in place, you'll ensure that your estate passes to whom you want, when you want, and is carried out in the manner you've chosen.
When you visit or call our office, we want you to feel comfortable discussing such an important issue concerning both you and your family.
We want to arm you with the information you need to make an informed decision about your family's future.
If you have a well-drafted estate plan in place, you'll ensure that your estate passes to whom you want, when you want, and is carried out in the manner you've chosen.
As more Americans become entrepreneurs, they discover that wise business planning is essential to their success today and their financial security tomorrow.
Our law firm can help you achieve your goals, whether your business is a one-person operation or one striving for a place on the Fortune 500 list.
Creating a Buy-Sell agreement can help you achieve tax advantages and control with respect to your family business.
Equally important is the peace of mind you'll gain when you know your children will be well provided for and your legacy will be passed on in a highly structured and cost-efficient way.
Our law firm can help you achieve your goals, whether your business is a one-person operation or one striving for a place on the Fortune 500 list.
Creating a Buy-Sell agreement can help you achieve tax advantages and control with respect to your family business.
Equally important is the peace of mind you'll gain when you know your children will be well provided for and your legacy will be passed on in a highly structured and cost-efficient way.
The amount that can be passed free of federal tax.
Whatever amount is used during lifetime is no longer available for use to pass assets at death.
The Estate and Gift Tax Applicable Exclusion is currently $11.7 million.
The amount that can be given to each person you want without using any Applicable Exclusion.
The Annual Gift Tax Exclusion is currently $15,000.
This allows for giving to people who are grandchildren or other "skip persons."
It may also be used as a sophisticated way of avoiding Federal estate tax at the death of a child.
Whatever amount is used during lifetime is no longer available for use to pass assets at death.
The Estate and Gift Tax Applicable Exclusion is currently $11.7 million.
The amount that can be given to each person you want without using any Applicable Exclusion.
The Annual Gift Tax Exclusion is currently $15,000.
This allows for giving to people who are grandchildren or other "skip persons."
It may also be used as a sophisticated way of avoiding Federal estate tax at the death of a child.
Family business owners, farmers, ranchers and landowners face unique challenges surrounding how to preserve the family business or farm-a symbol of their heritage.
Sadly, over 70 percent of all family businesses don't survive the transition to the next generation.
Estate taxes play a significant role in that problem.
However, estate taxes aren't the only costs chewing up assets passed from one generation to the next.
Probate fees and other settlement expenses can significantly reduce an owner's legacy.
Sadly, over 70 percent of all family businesses don't survive the transition to the next generation.
Estate taxes play a significant role in that problem.
However, estate taxes aren't the only costs chewing up assets passed from one generation to the next.
Probate fees and other settlement expenses can significantly reduce an owner's legacy.
It's natural to associate incapacity with old age and related ailments, such as Alzheimer's disease.
And while it's possible you could face incapacitation later in life, you never know what could happen in the here and now.
Incapacity planning is exactly what it sounds like.
It allows you to plan in advance for a situation in which you're unable to make your own decisions, such as the result of a serious ailment or accident.
Who do you want to make healthcare related decisions for you in the event of incapacitation?.
And while it's possible you could face incapacitation later in life, you never know what could happen in the here and now.
Incapacity planning is exactly what it sounds like.
It allows you to plan in advance for a situation in which you're unable to make your own decisions, such as the result of a serious ailment or accident.
Who do you want to make healthcare related decisions for you in the event of incapacitation?.
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