Estate Planning and Asset Protection

Massachusetts and Florida Estate Planning

For comprehensive advice and dependable client service concerning wills, trusts and your future health care, contact an experienced estate planning attorney at the Law Offices of Resnick & Associates, PLLC in Boston and greater Miami. We adapt our instruments to your needs and specific intentions.

We draft wills, powers of attorney, and living trusts for clients who want to express definite plans for the distribution of their assets, management of their financial affairs and medical treatment in the event of incapacity, and avoid probate. For clients who are unsure about the best ways to provide for the future management of a family business or the care of an adult child with special needs, our experience can help you identify your options and choose what's best for you and your family.  

You cannot afford to NOT plan for your future. Whether you are a high earning professional, an individual with any personal assets or a person who may soon need to go to a nursing home, you need to pay attention to protecting your assets and making plans for the distribution of your estate.

Do you know that if you die without a will your beneficiaries may be required to go through a law suit to receive any inheritance from you? Do you know that if you die your family may be responsible for some of your debts? That you may lose your home if you go to a nursing home? That your family may not be able to make decisions about your medical care if you become incapacitated, and some stranger may be appointed by the court to make decisions for you?

Do you know that you may be able to control how your assets will be distributed and preserved for generations of your descendants and may be protected from creditors? That you and your family can keep your assets even if you have to file bankruptcy or otherwise become unable to satisfy your creditors' claims? That you can pass your money along your descendants or other beneficiaries while limiting access to these funds to their spouses and non-blood relatives? That your grandson's wife will not take the money you left him if they get a divorce? We can help you make it happen.

We can explain the function of each of the following estate planning instruments:

• Revocable living trusts
• Irrevocable life insurance trusts
• Charitable remainder trusts
• Gift transfers
• Family limited partnerships or limited liability companies
• Special needs trusts

We can help you plan for a broad range of estate planning objectives — protecting your future eligibility for Medicaid, managing your exposure to estate taxes, arranging for the future management of a closely held business, or avoiding the need for guardianship proceedings.

No matter how complicated your estate planning needs are or how much you are worth, our expert attorneys can prepare a personalized plan tailored to your unique individual needs.

For additional information about our ability to help you select from the sometimes confusing array of estate planning options, contact a lawyer at the Law Offices of Resnick & Associates in Boston or South Florida.