Fort Lauderdale Estate Planning & Probate Attorneys

As more companies phase out and overhaul savings and retirement accounts, smart, savvy estate planning is now necessary more than ever. Working with tax experts, financial planners, and accountants, the estate planning lawyers at Tripp Scott evaluate your financial situation in order to determine how best to get you from where you are today to where you want to be tomorrow. Our office handles everything from simple wills and healthcare directives to special needs trusts and medicaid planning to asset protection and probate administration. We identify strategies that allow you to do more with your money for the purposes planning your retirement and the financial security of your family after you're gone. Working with nationally recognized licensed and bonded financial institutions, our attorneys provide clients with peace of mind knowing their will and trusts will be administered and managed appropriately.

Looking for Answers To Tomorrow's Problems Today?

We have the legal and financial knowledge required to help you secure you and your family's financial future through innovative estate planning strategies. To schedule a consultation or learn more about our practice, contact the law office of Tripp Scott today.

Considering Options, Achieving Your Goals

The estate planning lawyers of Tripp Scott advise and represent clients in regard to the following:

• Administration of estates and distribution of assets
• Antenuptual agreements
• Asset valuation
• Charitable contributions
• Dispute resolution
• Estate plans
• Family-help foundations and trusts
• Florida Department of Revenue issues
• Gift tax avoidance, including income, inheritance and estate
• Guardianships
• Internal Revenue Service issues
• Lifetime and testamentary planning
• Probate, including will contests
• Trusts, including living, revocable, irrevocable and special needs
• Transmission of assets
• Wills

How Will I Know if My Plan Can Stand the Test of Time?

In today's litigious and easy-quick fix world, wills are contested and trust funds mismanaged. In order to protect our clients' interests we draft language grounded in tax law, case law, and statutory regulations that eradicate vulnerabilities and vague or ambiguous terms. In the case of trust funds, we incorporate checks and balances to ensure the smooth, transparent succession of trusteeship, annual auditing requirements, and clear guidelines regarding fiduciary responsibility.

Contact the Law Office of Tripp Scott

As a multi-disciplinary firm, Tripp Scott has the professional staff and resources to address a broad scope of issues. Estate planning and probate attorneys often work with members of the tax, banking and finance, insurance and real estate practices to handle matters for clients.

For more information regarding estate planning and the options available to you for managing your wealth, retirement, and healthcare planning, contact the law office of Tripp Scott today.

Attorneys:
Tanya L. Bower
Gregory A. McLaughlin
Christine P. Yates
Angela M. Crandall
Jessica DeBianchi 
Jeffrey M. Fauer