Law Offices of Larry E. Bray, P.A.

Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts & Probate

South Florida Estate Planning & Probate Administration Attorneys

The process of estate administration can be intimidating added to the emotional turmoil of a loved one passing away. Estate administration procedures are often complicated and call for the assistance of an experienced estate administration, probate, and estate planning lawyer. At the Law Offices of Larry E. Bray, P.A, our attorneys each have over 25 years of experience practicing law. Contact our Florida estate administration and estate planning lawyers for quality Florida legal representation.

Our goal is to ensure that personal property and assets correctly pass to their intended owner through the use of a will or revocable living trust. Through this process, we assist with obtaining probate appraisals, probate liquidation, and resolving contested wills, trusts, and disputes.

To avoid the difficulties that frequently arise during the probate process, our lawyers recommend creating an estate plan that adequately addresses how an individual wants his or her assets, debts, and estate to be administered. We educate our clients about elder law and estate planning tools and take the time to understand your unique financial situation and goals. Our attorneys help every client develop an estate plan that best fulfills their needs and wishes. We assist clients with the following estate planning matters:

• Wills - Including drafting a last will and testament or pour-over will.
• Trusts - Including creating a trust, charitable trust, child trust, credit shelter trust, educational trust, inter vivos trusts and testamentary trusts, living trusts, revocable living trusts, supplemental needs trusts or special needs trusts, and life insurance trusts.
• Advanced directives - Including creating living wills, healthcare proxies, designating a healthcare surrogate, power of attorney, durable power of attorney, or a medical power of attorney.
• Business succession - Including creating family limited liability companies and family limited partnerships.
• Elder law planning - Including Medicaid planning and determining Medicare eligibility, addressing nursing home, assisted living, and long term care questions, tax planning, insurance planning, asset protection from nursing home costs, and creating guardianships or conservatorships.

Probate

Determining the actual value of an estate, both its assets and its liabilities, can be complicated by a number of factors. Working with accountants and tax experts, our attorneys determine the value of an estate's assets, preparing financial documentation and records in order to settle debts with creditors. Our office also protects our client's estate from attempts by creditors or others to assume trusteeship should a claim be made against it.

Contested Wills & Probate

If a will is contested or needs to be contested during probate, our office is prepared to work with private investigators, forensic accountants, and psychologists when undue influence or capacity questions are involved. While we can often help clients recover real property that may have been taken from the deceased through deceptive means, recovering assets from bank accounts can be more difficult. Our probate attorneys will evaluate your case and determine what needs to be done to protect you and your family's rights and interests.

For more information, contact South Florida Estate Planning and Probate administration attorneys at the Law Offices of Larry E. Bray, P.A. today.

The Law Offices of Larry E. Bray P.A., represents clients throughout South Florida, including West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Lake Worth, Boca Raton, Tampa, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Wellington, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Wellington, the Gold Coast, the Treasure Coast, and the Tri-County Area of Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County.