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Practice Areas: Trusts and
Estates
Estate
Planning
Our trusts and estates practice includes
the counseling of families, businesses, executives,
and fiduciaries in conserving, transferring, and
managing substantial assets. We provide the full
range of estate planning services, including the
preparation of Wills and trusts, business succession
planning, generation-skipping transfer tax planning,
and the implementation of lifetime gift programs
and intrafamily sales. Our customized planning
and creative solutions to trusts and estates issues
are the result of our extensive experience and ability
to revise our techniques in response to the frequent
changes in tax law. Our Trusts and Estates
Practice provides sophisticated legal services
on a broad range of federal, state, and transfer
tax issues.
Estate and Trust Administration
We advise fiduciaries
and beneficiaries in connection with the administration
of estates and trusts, including probate and trust
matters, disputes involving fiduciaries and beneficiaries,
the preparation of probate and trust accounts, federal
and Massachusetts estate tax returns and post-mortem
income tax planning. We have been involved in complex
Will contests and other estate and trust litigation.
Guardianship,
Conservatorship, and Civil Commitment Proceedings
We
counsel clients in obtaining and administering guardianships
and conservatorships, and with regard to civil commitment
proceedings.
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