Estate Planning and Probate

Effective Estate Planning and Probate Attorneys

Stark Reagan’s estate planning and probate attorneys have years of experience counseling individuals and businesses. We guide our clients through the orderly management, transfer and disposition of property - with a minimum of court involvement. From our offices in southeastern Michigan, our estate planning and probate lawyers can guide your family business in succession planning. Our legal team has a diverse perspective, with estate planning and probate lawyers that span three generations.

To the extent that probate of an estate is required, we represent the client through the entire process. Our goal is to probate the estate in the most efficient and streamlined manner. In so doing, the assets of the estate are preserved for the use of the beneficiary with minimum third party interference.

All estate planning decisions are made with the client’s best interests and goals in mind. In many instances, income tax and estate tax issues weigh heavily in the decision making process. As laws change effecting estates and estate planning, our clients are made aware of changes so that their estate plans can be kept current and in compliance with applicable laws.

Our areas of concentration include:

• Income, gift, estate, and inheritance tax planning and dispute resolution
• Wills and related estate planning
• Living wills
• Health care powers of attorney
• General durable powers of attorney
• Revocable and irrevocable trusts
• Living trusts
• Charitable trusts
• Generation-skipping trusts
• Business succession planning
• Family business succession planning
• Retirement distribution issues
• Estate and/or probate litigation

Stark Reagan’s estate planning attorneys also assist our clients to develop and implement various lifetime wealth transfer techniques, including grantor retained annuity trusts, fractional ownership of real property, qualified personal residence trusts, family limited partnerships and family limited liability companies.

We Focus on Getting the Best Estate Tax and Income Tax Results

Whether you need seasoned legal advice regarding estate tax planning, family trusts, or family business succession planning, our estate planning attorneys will help you make decisions with an eye on getting the best estate and income tax results. Our lawyers stay current with the changing laws in this area, and we make clients aware of any changes that might affect their estate or estate planning decisions. For capable legal guidance with estate planning, and probate issues, contact the Michigan probate litigation attorneys today at Stark Reagan.

Our seasoned Stark Reagan estate planning and probate lawyers include:

R. Keith Stark
Kenneth M. Boyer
Daniel E. Chapman