Trust and Estate Planning & Administration
Murray Plumb & Murray offers a full range of estate planning, trust, and probate services. In addition to planning, we offer complete services in connection with the handling of a decedent’s affairs and are equipped to efficiently handle the myriad of property and financial matters associated with the death of a loved one. We also handle ancillary administration proceedings throughout Maine for non-resident estates and provide Trust administrative services when requested.
Our trusts and estates attorneys will work with you to devise and implement an estate plan that achieves your unique goals and minimizes administrative costs and taxes. Our practice covers all aspects of estate and trust planning and administration, including:
- Drafting estate planning documents, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance health care directives;
- Tax planning;
- Probating wills and administering estates, including ancillary administrations;
- Special needs planning;
- Premarital agreements;
- Guardianships and conservatorships;
- Probate litigation;
- Business succession planning;
- Assisting with transfers of non-probate assets;
- Lifetime gifting;
- Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies; and
- Charitable gifting.
We never lose sight of the fact that the principal objective in structuring an estate plan is to ensure your property is left in the manner and to the people you desire.
In our work, we are regularly assisting clients planning for legacy family real estate, businesses, and other unique assets.
We also help clients establish and administer trusts and advise fiduciaries and beneficiaries as to their duties and rights.
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