Valparaiso Estate Planning Attorneys & Wills, Trust and Probate Law

Building Effective Plans for Families in Northwest Indiana for Over 60 Years!

The attorneys at Blachly, Tabor, Bozik & Hartman, LLC help you with all aspects of your asset protection, trusts and estates issues, including:

• Elder law
• Estate planning
• Estate taxes
• Executorship duties
• Guardianship
• Living wills
• Living trusts
• Probate
• Probate and will disputes
• Wills drafting and execution

ELDER LAW

Elder law covers legal issues related to aging and the aging process. It includes work with estate planning, trusts and guardianships.  In addition to the services set out above, the attorneys at Blachly, Tabor, Bozik & Hartman provide assistance with facilitating long-term care.  This often involves planning and applications for assistance through the Indiana Medicaid program and includes assistance to individuals in nursing facilities as well as individuals seeking assistance with care in the community.

ESTATE PLANNING

You worked hard to accumulate your assets, and you have the right to dispose of them as you see fit. When devising an estate plan, we advise you on how to protect your children, support your loved ones and advance important causes through charitable gifts. After detailed analysis of your estate, we devise a plan to effectively transfer your assets, minimize taxes, establish guardianship for your children, care for your pets, support philanthropic causes and protect your loved ones. We draft a will that reflects your desires and we also establish living trusts if they are appropriate to your estate planning goals.

PROBATE

After you have lost a loved-one, dealing with the complicated probate process can add to the burden. Our knowledgeable, assiduous attorneys take charge of the probate process and minimize this weight.

We assist executors in all steps of the complex process of probating a will in Indiana probate court, including:

• Creating a plan of action to probate the estate fairly and expeditiously
• Filing the will with the Indiana probate court
• Closing and opening bank accounts
• Transferring assets from the deceased to the estate
• Paying taxes and other debts
• Locating beneficiaries
• Hiring professional expert when necessary

PROBATE DISPUTES

A probate dispute aggravates the stress and pain of your emotional loss. When probate disputes arise, our attorneys are prepared to challenge an ambiguously or incorrectly executed will or defend your rights against disgruntled beneficiaries. We use our mediation skills to minimize the hostilities between family members that often arise during the emotionally charged process. We are equally ready to fight assertively for your beneficiary rights in Indiana probate court.

CONTACT OUR HARDWORKING ESTATE PLANNING LAWYERS.

Call Blachly, Tabor, Bozik & Hartman, LLC, serving clients throughout Valparaiso, Chesterton, Portage and all of Northern Indiana at 800-921-2824 or contact us online to schedule a consultation with Scott R. Bozik or Kingsley G. Regnier