Our South Bend, Indiana Estate Planning Attorneys Can Help You Avoid Probate
The estate planning and probate law firm of Beverly S. Peters & Associates serve the South Bend greater area by helping clients avoid probate, or if necessary, get through the probate process as efficiently as possible. Regardless of the size of your estate, a probate attorney can help you write a comprehensive living trust and add POD designations that will save your family from going through probate.
Attorney Peters and Attorney Corwin-Cripe have decades of experience helping South Bend residents plan for the future. With the help of one of our experienced Indiana probate lawyers, you will document your wishes for medical decisions, bank accounts, property, assets, inheritances, guardianships, and anything else that must be dictated in your will in order to expedite the probate process, or avoid it altogether. Our extensive experience at drafting living wills and trusts exactly to our client’s wishes offer peace of mind and security for the whole family.
Avoiding Probate in Indiana
Our South Bend Lawyers Are Ready to Assist
Going through probate at the South Bend county court is often needed so the family can clear up confusion surrounding a will, or in the event there is no will. It is highly advisable that you seek professional assistance from an experienced estate planning attorney in the South Bend area to prepare your estate for the future. There are many ways to avoid probate in Indiana, and our estate planning law firm can help. The following are just some of the ways Attorneys Peters and her associates help clients avoid the probate process:
- Drafting a living trust document
- Joint ownership of property
- Payable-on-death (POD) designation for bank accounts
- Transfer-on-death (TOD) for assets, such as stocks and bonds
- Simplified “small estate” probate procedure
Sometimes a will is confusing because it was poorly written or the execution of the will was not carried out properly. Make sure this is not your family’s situation by securing qualified and experienced legal guidance. The South Bend estate planning and probate law firm of Beverly S. Peters and Associates is ready to assist. Contact us today to get started on a living trust document and discuss other ways your family can avoid probate.
Contact Us – Probate Law Firm in South Bend
Beverly S. Peters & Associates in South Bend, Indiana offer a skilled and understanding approach based on your needs. Don’t hesitate to give us a call to schedule your initial consultation appointment. Please contact us in the South Bend area today by calling (574) 293-5672. Our office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday. We accept MasterCard, Visa and American Express credit card payments.
