Living Trusts

Law Offices of Richard A. Sarner, LLC ● Stamford, Connecticut ● New York City● Living Trust Attorneys

In addition to being potentially costly, probate can bring unwanted attention to a family’s finances. Because a will is a public document, and probate is a public process, many people wish to avoid it. While a valid will and careful estate planning will minimize the costs of probate, the estate would still have to go through probate. Transferring your property to a fully-funded living trust, however, has the advantage of completely avoiding probate and seamlessly passing it to your beneficiaries.

At the Law Offices of Richard A. Sarner, LLC, we can tailor a living trust to save you the trouble of filing a public document like a will and the attorney's fees associated with probate. A living trust is a means of managing the title to your assets and privately distributing them. Because it is a private agreement, it is not subject to a court's scrutiny, and therefore allows for an easy transfer of wealth to your beneficiaries. In addition to these methods, living trusts can aid in disability planning. Irrevocable trusts—such as charitable remainder trusts and GRATs—can also provide some tax benefits.

Estate Planning Attorneys with Over Forty Years of Experience

Our attorneys, Richard A. Sarner, and Susan F. Rothwell  have over thirty-five years of combined experience in estate planning. The firm has attained the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell® AV rating* and is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™ In addition, Mr. Sarner has co-authored the books, “Giving: Philanthropy for Everyone,” (Quantum Press, 2002) and “Love, Money, Control: Reinventing Estate Planning—Practical Answers from America's Foremost Estate Planning Advisors .” (Quantum Press, 2004).

Although we are a small firm, we have the access to resources of a much larger firm through our association with WealthCounsel, LLC, and the Wealth Strategies Collaborative®. Our estate planning practice areas include retirement planning, estate and trust administration, probate, and more.

Contact a Stamford Living Trust Attorney

If you wish to avoid probate through the creation of a living trust, contact the experienced living trust lawyers at Law Offices of Richard A. Sarner, LLC, in Stamford, Connecticut.

The Law Offices of Richard A. Sarner, LLC ● www.SarnerLaw.com

The Law Offices of Richard A. Sarner, LLC, proudly serves clients in Fairfield and Westchester counties—including the Connecticut communities of Stamford, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Norwalk, Danbury, New Haven, Westport, Wilton, Ridgefield, Greenwich, New Canaan and Darien, and the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx and the Westchester County communities of White Plains, Bedford, Pound Ridge, Scarsdale and Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island

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Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.