While a comprehensive estate plan may save you from the probate process, your heirs will still ultimately have to address trust administration. Even when there is a detailed plan to follow, there are many things to monitor and take care of. At the Las Vegas Law Firm of JEFFREY BURR, our estate planning and trust administration lawyers have been protecting families and their assets throughout Las Vegas and Southern Nevada for over 35 years.
While many lawyers will help you draft a trust, you want a law firm who will be around to help your family through trust administration, as well. In addition to helping our clients with their estate planning, we can continue to help their families with trust administration when the time comes, by making sure their wishes are honored, and their loved ones are protected. We have an entire department within our firm dedicated to trust administration, providing services, which include:
When the creator of a trust dies, the trustee has certain duties to carry out. These duties include the collection and management of the trust assets, the resolution of debts and claims, and the filing of the necessary individual and fiduciary income tax reports and federal estate tax return if one is required. Any tax due must be timely paid.
In carrying out these duties, a trustee is held to a high standard of care. For example, a trustee has the duty of impartiality and loyalty to the beneficiaries and to the trust, the duty to account, the duty to preserve the trust assets and make them productive, and the duty to abide by the terms of the trust and allocate or distribute the assets accordingly. A trustee is prohibited from self-dealing and commingling trust and personal assets. In the event a trustee violates one or more such duties or prohibitions, even if done so unintentionally, the trustee can be held personally responsible for any loss to the trust, and, as a result, the trustee's personal assets are subject to satisfying the loss.
At the Las Vegas Law Firm of JEFFREY BURR, our experienced attorneys and support staff can assist a trustee in understanding and carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities in administering a trust in accordance with Nevada law. Also, in most trust administrations, the legal fees are paid by the trust, not the trustee, and in many cases, the legal fees are tax deductible.
Whether we developed the estate in question or it was handled by another firm, we can answer all your estate and trust administration questions. With office locations in Henderson and Las Vegas, our attorneys are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Contact us today to set up a trust or Will consultation.
We are so happy with the experience with the team at Jeffrey Burr's firm. We were treated very professionally and the process was so quick and painless. If you are putting off creating a Trust and putting your life in order, don't hesitate to call this firm. Our sincere appreciation for your service.
Expedited this because I had an impending surgery…thanks! Derek explained everything very clearly. He was very patient and listened to all my concerns.
Timely responses to all of my questions. Knowledgeable and professional.
Service was wonderful by all employees. You can tell they care about the person in front of them.
The ease and convenience. Derek was excellent at explaining the details of our trust and the process.
Mr. Hunsaker was very knowledgeable. He listened to our request and was very good in his explanations.
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Everyone was professional, friendly and helped us get our Will and Trust updated just as we needed.
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Extremely keen knowledge of probate and trust administration.
Rebecca Haines was very professional. We both felt our experience with her was in both of our interests.
Very professional manner in dealing with me. Thorough. Competent. They listened to my input and followed my wishes. Suggested excellent improvements to my previous Washington State will.
Friendly, courteous, helpful in answering questions and most importantly, trustworthy. Mr. Hatch and his paralegal are the nicest people I have ever dealt with. I would recommend them to anyone I know.
They were able to resolve my issue with the IRS completely that I had attempted to do many times prior.
"Very professional on preparing my trust"
"Not feeling rushed. Derek did a great job clearly explaining everything asked of him."
"Helpful and made it easy, very caring about our needs and wants."
"5-star rating in my book. I could never have done it without your office staff."
"Professional staff, listened to requests, answered ALL questions, made sure I understood."
"Handled with the best ease under the circumstances. Very compassionate, however, straightforward, thorough handling of paperwork."
"The staff at Jeffrey Burr were exceptional. They were outstanding and compassionate. I would recommend the firm to others. Thank you for all your help."
"Everybody was friendly and explained things in simple terms."
"I had the feeling that my family and my wishes were important. I'm so happy to know everything is taken care of."
"Revised documents as necessary and was thorough in explaining."
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"Early on discussion of what to expect. All questions immediately addressed as well as genuine care for my situation."