A well-designed estate plan gives you greater control over what happens to your assets, your family, and your financial affairs in the future.
At Hoffman & Associates, our estate planning attorneys serve individuals, families, business owners, executives, and high-net-worth clients in Brookhaven, Georgia. We create customized estate plans designed around your family, finances, business interests, and long-term goals.
Estate planning is more than creating a will. A comprehensive plan may include:
We can also review an existing estate plan to determine whether it still reflects your current circumstances and goals.
Your Last Will and Testament provides instructions for distributing certain assets and can name guardians for minor children.
Trusts can provide additional flexibility for managing and transferring wealth. Depending on your objectives, a trust may help with probate planning, asset management, privacy, incapacity planning, or providing for beneficiaries over time.
Our attorneys can help determine which strategies make sense for your situation.
If you own a business, your estate plan and business succession plan should work together.
Hoffman & Associates helps Brookhaven business owners address issues such as:
Ownership succession
Business continuity
Buy-sell planning
Transfer of business interests
Estate and gift tax considerations
Family wealth transfer
Planning ahead can help protect both your family and the business you worked to build.