The experienced attorneys at Wendland Utz provide tailored representation to ensure the orderly transfer of assets and the protection of those assets from unnecessary taxation. Your estate plan will depend on a number of factors, including your goals, family dynamics, assets and liabilities, and potential tax consequences.

Our estate planning attorneys undertake a comprehensive review of your assets, and the potential tax consequences, to determine the best estate plan to achieve your goals. We counsel you, in all stages of estate planning from drafting the fundamental estate plan documents through probate. We also provide counsel to trustees and other beneficiaries (both individual and corporate).

Our legal team collaborates on a local, state and national level through many professional organizations, including the National Association of Estate Planners with attorney Utz as an Accredited Estate Planner, AEP®.

Specific areas of practice including the following:

• Wills
• Trusts
• Specialty trusts, including qualified personal residence trusts (QPRT), irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILIT), spousal lifetime access trusts (SLAT), and supplemental needs trusts.
• Estate Tax Planning
• Probate Avoidance
• Health Care Directives and Powers of Attorney
• Guardianships and Conservatorships
• Probate