Estate Planning

Estate Plans designed for Your Needs

Estate planning is one of the best ways to plan for your family's future. What is the best estate plan for you and your family? It depends upon your particular needs and goals. Our most basic estate planning package includes a last will and testament, durable power of attorney, advance care plan, and appointment of healthcare agent.

At Ingraham & Pautienus, located in Nashville, Tennessee, we sit down with clients to help them think about the issues related to estate planning. We will make recommendations to you about the type, size, and complexity of your estate plan. Our attorneys will provide you with the tools you need to make your own decisions about an estate plan. Contact one of our lawyers to set up a free initial consultation to learn more about wills, trusts, and estate plans.

A comprehensive estate plan will pass what you have to your beneficiaries in a manner that minimizes, or at least plans for major issues before they arise. We help you figure out what these are, and guide you through the estate planning process. The tools we use to accomplish your goals include:

• Last Will and Testament - Is a document that defines how you want to distribute your estate, select guardians for children, minimize estate tax, and establish your personal representative
• Durable Power of Attorney - A document that grants someone the authority to make decisions on your behalf, even after you become incapacitated
• Advance Care Plan - Means the same as a living will and instructs your doctor about your end of life medical decisions
• Healthcare Agent - The same as the term Healthcare Power of Attorney and is a person who has the power to medical decisions for you
• Revocable Living Trust - Is a trust, created in your life time, that allows you to revoke or amend it and may not require probate
• Family Limited Partnership - An estate planning that allows families to manage, transfer, and control property within several generations

As a Christian based law firm, our faith is inextricably intertwined with our legal practice. We will sit down with you to determine what your needs are and how we can best accomplish those needs.

To learn more about the importance of estate planning, contact us at Ingraham & Pautienus for a free initial consultation. We represent people throughout Middle Tennessee, including people in Brentwood, Franklin, Murfreesboro, and Gallatin.