How Do You Find An Estate Planning/Administration Attorney?
Too many lawyers will take your money to help them learn a new area of law, and wills, powers of attorney, health care directives, and estate administrations are good examples of this. Estate planning and administration requires a working knowledge of federal and state tax laws, among other things. Here’s a few ways to weed out the ones who will be glad to do your will from a form they stole from me. Collect 2 or 3 estate attorneys’ names from people that you trust and respect. If personal referrals are not available, call the state or county lawyer referral service. Interview them like any manager would interview a job applicant. A good attorney should be user-friendly and easy to understand, even though estate tax planning can get complicated. Weed out the ones who don’t know estate tax with the following questions; these are basics that any competent estate attorney will know right off the top of their heads: 1–What year did the federal tax law pass that eliminated states’ estate t
