Nassau County Estate Administration Attorney
After a person's death, his or her financial affairs must be wrapped up. This process is called estate administration and is popularly known as probate.
Contrary to what you may believe, the probate process does not have to be costly or complicated. If it is properly handled, it can be an efficient means for concluding an estate's affairs and preserving assets for the beneficiaries or heirs of the estate.
At the Law Office of Roy A. List, we provide a full range of estate administration services. Our goal in every case is to complete the process as quickly and efficiently as possible, while keeping probate costs at a minimum.
Contact us for a free consultation.
Are you living outside New York? Our firm can handle all aspects of the probate process for executors living in other states.
Efficient Estate Administration Services
Our firm can provide you with the advice and particular services you need. We can handle the entire probate process from start to finish, including:
- Educating the executor regarding his or her responsibilities
- Obtaining the letters testamentary that empower the executor to act
- Marshalling the estate's assets
- Determining which specific debts should be paid
- Advice regarding transfer and selling of property
- Completion and filing of the estate's tax returns
- Distribution of estate assets to beneficiaries
- Completion of final accountings and filing at the court
- And other advice and services as needed
More Than Just Probate
Our firm can handle many tasks which other law firms send out, such as preparation of tax returns and issues involving real estate and ownership of businesses. This can keep costs low and provides greater control over the process.
To cite one example, when is it best to claim medical expenses incurred during the last year of life? On the decedent's personal tax return, on a fiduciary tax return or on the estate tax return? We can advise you in these and many other matters and provide the necessary services.
You can depend on the Law Office of Roy A. List to provide you with efficient and skillful estate administration services.
Free Consultation With a Lawyer
For a free consultation with the Law Office of Roy A. List, contact our firm.
