FRANKE BECKETT LLC

An esates and trusts law firm

For more than 35 years we have focused exclusively on the law of estates and trusts and the law of fiduciaries. Within this practice niche, we handle it all:

• Estate and Closely Held Business Planning. We prepare wills, various types of trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, and other estate planning documents. The documents can be simple or complex depending on specific family concerns and/or on tax and asset protection considerations. Our firm represents clients with family businesses in entity selection, creation, and succession planning. In every representation, we discuss various ways of approaching our clients’ goals, then tailor the documents to address their objectives.

• Estate and Trust Litigation. We handle a broad range of will, trust, and other fiduciary litigation. This litigation includes disputes on the meaning of estate planning documents, arguments involving estate or trust administration, challenges based on lack of capacity or undue influence, and breaches of fiduciary duty within trusts or closely held businesses.

• Estate and Trust Administration. We help clients with the process of winding up a decedent’s financial affairs by implementing the individual’s estate plan or in accordance with state law if the person has no valid planning documents. We prepare all estate and income tax returns in-house so we can offer seamless administration services from beginning to end.