Nici Law Firm

You can't take it with you, but you can decide where it goes.
Estate Planning is the process of managing and transferring your property to the people and causes you care about with the least cost and stress to your family.
With the right kind of planning, you'll control the distribution of your assets while minimizing or avoiding Probate, making the most of tax advantages and savings, and reducing or eliminating any negative tax consequences commonly associated with the transfer of wealth.
Your financial situation, your present and future needs, and your wishes for the future are unique to you.

If you don't have a Will, it's time to draft one.
If you made a Will years ago, it's time to review it and possibly revise it.
If you've remarried or there have been marriages, divorces, births or deaths among your heirs, you may even want or need to revoke your current Will and draft a new one.
At Nici Law Firm, P.L., in Naples, you'll find an experienced Florida board-certified Wills, Trusts & Estates Estate Planning specialist ready to sit down with you and understand your needs and desires regarding your estate.

Estate Planning is only partly about creating the right set of Wills and Trusts to ensure your assets are distributed according to your wishes and in a way that maximizes tax advantages while minimizing Probate.
Just as important is making sure the right legal documents are in place to protect your health along with your financial and legal affairs in the event you become incapacitated and can't make important decisions that affect you personally, even temporarily.
A Power of Attorney is an effective tool to handle financial and legal decision-making, but when it comes to medical decisions, Florida law provides a host of legal instruments specially designed to address specific needs.

A blended family is the popular term for marriages where one or both spouses have a child or children from a previous marriage.
By some estimates, blended families make up 40% of marriages in the U.S., as well as 60% of divorces.
Blended families can be hard work but also extremely rewarding.
In the busy lives of parents working hard to make their marriage a success, some important aspects of their lives that should not be overlooked are the unique needs and issues of Estate Planning in a blended family.

You probably don't need an incentive to engage in charitable giving and would give to others even if it didn't happen to also benefit you personally.
Regardless, the federal government encourages and rewards charitable giving by offering favorable tax treatment to the charitable-minded.
With the right kind of Estate Planning, you can make sizeable gifts to your favorite charities while still ensuring sufficient income for yourself and your loved ones after you are gone.
As a Florida Board-Certified Specialist in Wills, Trusts & Estates who also holds an advanced law degree in Taxation, Naples charitable trusts lawyer James R. Nici can create the right mix of Trusts and other instruments to accomplish your charitable intentions while maintaining income for yourself and your family and minimizing Estate and Gift Taxes, income tax and the costs of Probate.