Tulsa Probate Attorneys
Helping Individuals Preserve Their Legacy for Future Generations – Oklahoma Probate Lawyers
When you lose a loved one, it is a painful and difficult time, but the emotional challenges that accompany such a loss can be intensified by the burden of navigating the probate and/or estate administration 
Tulsa probate attorney Charles J. Kania also recognizes that people who spend a lifetime building a financial legacy prefer to protect the wealth they have built for their golden years and their loved ones. Whether you need estate planning or representation in probate proceedings, our experienced Oklahoma Probate and estate planning attorneys can help you ensure that the financial legacy available to your loved ones is maximized by estate planning strategies aimed at tax avoidance, creditor protection and prevention of unnecessary probate disputes.
Important Oklahoma Estate Planning Benefits –Tulsa Estate Planning Attorneys
While probate is unavoidable if a party does not engage in estate planning, there are distinct disadvantages to probate that can make estate planning important. The probate process can delay access of surviving loved ones to assets needed to cover living expenses after the death of a family breadwinner. The probate process also can be more expensive than other estate administration options so that the value of the legacy you leave to your beneficiaries is unnecessarily diminished.
We might create a living trust that will allow you to avoid probate and obtain other potential benefits. A living trust involves the creation of a legal relationship between the party who creates the trust (“settlor”), the person who manages the trust (“trustee”) and those designated to receive the assets and/or income from the trust (“beneficiaries”). Because trust administration is handled outside of the probate process, the expense and delay associated with the probate process can be avoided. A living trust also provides the benefit of privacy regarding your sensitive financial information and the disposition of your estate because it is not part of a public court proceeding like probate administration. There are many types of living trusts, so we can tailor a trust to provide other benefits like asset protection, financial protection for those with special needs and phased distribution of assets to children or beneficiaries who might not be prepared to handle a large inheritance in a lump sum.
Legal Representation in Tulsa Probate Administration Proceedings
If you are an executor appointed under a will or a personal representative appointed by a judge to administer an estate for someone who dies intestate (without a will), we can help you initiate the probate process and successfully complete your legal duties. We also can assist you in the following stages of the probate process:
Conducting an inventory of the assets of the estate
Resolving creditor claims against the estate
Distributing the net estate to beneficiaries
We also represent estate administrators and beneficiaries in probate disputes and contested will matters so we invite you to contact us today to learn about how we can make things easier during this difficult time.
Oklahoma Estate Administration Attorney – Ensuring Your Financial Legacy
If you have questions about estate planning, probate or estate administration, an Oklahoma probate and estate planning lawyer can analyze your situation and explain your options. If you would like a free consultation with an Oklahoma probate attorney from the Kania Law Office, please call (918) 743-2233 or fill out this form.
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