Healthcare Proxies and Financial Powers of Attorney Your healthcare proxy and financial power of attorney are what protect your interests while you are living. A healthcare proxy (sometimes called a "living will") and a power of attorney each appoint a specific, trusted person to make decisions on your behalf if you are unable to do so. Protect your assets and your own choices. Consider creating a proper healthcare proxy and financial power of attorney today. Contact us for a free consultation.

Wills and Trusts Representation 

Estate planning is essential to protecting your assets for your lifetime and for your family. At different stages of your life, it becomes necessary to update your estate plan.

If you were recently married or had a child, you may be thinking about wills and trusts for the first time. Or, you may need to modify your existing estate plan and address asset management or gifting strategies as you enter retirement. Our estate planning practice focuses on helping clients address their unique needs and goals at various stages of life.

Take a proactive approach to managing your wills and trusts at every turning point in your life. Being proactive allows you to protect your loved ones from disputes in the future. This approach can also minimize estate taxes and limit the costs to your heirs. Contact Laidlaw Firm, LLC to protect your rights during your lifetime and discuss your decisions about the future.

Complex Estate Planning Needs

Some estate plans need to be more complex than simple wills and trusts. We have substantial knowledge about how gifting strategies can be used to minimize estate taxation. These strategies include possibilities such as establishing family limited partnerships and exploring discount gifting strategies. If you need legal advice regarding other complex planning matters, including business succession or complex gifting, contact our office for a free consultation.

We have experience in wills, trusts and estate planning, and are dedicated to helping individuals and families accomplish their unique objectives and goals. We can assist you with all of the following:

• Simple to complex wills
• Guardianships for minor children, incapacitated or disabled adults
• Living wills, healthcare proxies, powers of attorney for health care
• Trusts: revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, ILETs (Crummey trusts)
• Powers of attorney (for finances)
• Estate tax planning to minimize estate taxation, such as family limited partnerships, limited liability companies and discount gifting strategies and asset protection
• Gift taxes
• Estate planning and counsel for same-sex couples
• Business succession planning
• Disposition of remains and burial wishes

The following is a sampling of articles available for you to read regarding specific estate planning concerns. Feel free to contact us to discuss your estate planning needs. We also provide legal guidance to personal representatives, trust administrators and executors involved in probate and estate administration.

• Estate Planning for Vacation Homes
• Estate Planning Update: A Gift of Debt
• Introduction to Trusts
• Gift and Estate Tax Law
• Estates & Trusts

Contact Laidlaw Firm, LLC for a free consultation about your existing wills and trusts or other estate planning options. Our office is located conveniently in downtown Katonah, New York, and is easily accessible by car or train.

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Katonah, New York, attorney Moira Laidlaw serves clients throughout Westchester County and Putnam County, in communities such as Katonah, Mount Kisco, Bedford, Pound Ridge, South Salem, North Salem, Yorktown Heights, Mahopac, Brewster, Chappaqua, Peekskill, Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Pleasantville, White Plains, and New York City.

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