Parker, Pollard, Wilton, and Peaden - Attorneys at Law

Estate Planning and Administration

A Full-Service Estate Planning Practice

We provide services relating to all aspects of estate planning and estate administration. We can help you design a comprehensive, creative estate plan to secure and transfer wealth within your family or family-owned business.

  • Analyzing and planning for potential state and federal estate tax issues
  • Serving as executors, administrators, and trustees for estates and trusts

We provide a variety of sophisticated services to individuals and business entities in connection with estate planning and estate and gift taxes, including:

  • Formulation of simple or complete wills, advance medical directives (living wills), trusts, powers of attorney, guardianships, conservatorships and a full range of complimentary estate planning vehicles (including pet trusts)
  • Use of generation-skipping trusts, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lien trusts, partnerships and other vehicles to produce tax savings
  • Tax counseling in formulating wills and trust agreements to provide the most efficient transfer of assets
  • Tax filing services for executors and administrators of the estate
  • Probate proceedings representation including the resolution of will contests, fiduciary litigation and other estate disputes
  • Estate reduction strategies including charitable contributions, gift planning and the formation and endowment of not-for-profit corporations
  • Guidance in naming guardians for minor children and disabled adults
  • Trust & Estate Litigation