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Estate Planning and Probate

Our Florida estate planning attorneys provide a personal approach to one of the most important legal decisions a person can make.

At Pilka & Associates, PA, we know the importance of ensuring the proper transfer of family assets, the orderly succession of a family-owned business, protecting the future of loved ones, and avoiding probate. We offer a variety of effective estate planning tools and techniques to families, individuals and businesses.

Our Florida estate planning practice

We assist individuals, including domestic partners and business owners, with their estate and probate needs including the following:

Estates
Trust planning
Guardianship
Transfer of family assets
Succession
Death tax
Pensions
Life insurance
Gift and estate taxes
Heirs and beneficiary selection
Wills

Codicils
Health care directives
Powers of attorney
Intestate distribution
Affidavits
Guardianship
Living wills
Health care surrogate
Probate court
Conservatorship

In addition, when it's time for the administration and settlement of an estate, we are there for you to provide compassionate personal support and counsel.

Our probate practice

Probate is the legal process by which an individual's debts are paid and assets are distributed to beneficiaries upon his or her death. All property titled solely in the decedent's name is considered an asset of his or her probate estate. The probate estate owns these assets until their final distribution.

For estate tax purposes, an estate is defined as the total collection of a decedent's assets whether or not they are put through probate. Administration of the decedent's estate is the distribution of both the decedent's probate and non-probate assets.

To ensure a decedent's estate assets are transferred properly, one should seek the expertise of a law firm qualified in the area of probate and estate law.

Call the experienced Brandon, Florida probate and estate lawyers

For information about estate planning, asset protection, and probate, please schedule a free confidential consultation by calling Pilka & Associates in our Brandon, Lakeland or Bradenton, Florida law offices at 813-653-3800, or filling out our intake form on the Contact page.