ESTATE ADMINISTRATION
THE LAW OFFICE OF BARBARA M. MARTIN, LLC prides itself on providing comprehensive services with respect to all trust and estate matters. As such, we ensure that our clients are treated compassionately and with the utmost consideration during a difficult and emotional time. We understand the sensitive nature of the issues surrounding the death of a loved one.
We advise our clients on many complex legal issues concerning retirement planning, wealth transfers, estate administration, fiduciary litigation, and taxation issues. Our attorneys also counsel executors, trustees, dispossessed heirs, corporate fiduciaries, banks, and attorneys in will contests, commission disputes, fiduciary removal, and reinstatement and accounting actions.
Our estate services include, but are not limited to: post-mortem estate and tax planning, estate tax filing, administration of Testamentary Trusts, and distribution of assets.
ELDER LAW
Barbara Bini-Martin is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), an organization devoted to improving the quality of legal representation for the elderly. Our firm provides comprehensive elder law services focused in areas that are often interrelated. From asset protection to nursing home issues, our attorneys handle the often thorny legal issues that arise as we age.
In addition to general elder law planning, our services include: pre and post Medicaid planning, guardianships, estate planning for blended families, estate administration, and prospective asset protection planning. We offer “in home or nursing home” appointments for our homebound clients.
Our Elder Law services include, but are not limited to:
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Guardianships
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Conservatorships
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Retirement Asset Planning
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Revocable Living Trusts
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Life Insurance Trusts
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Family Limited Partnerships
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Educational Trusts
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Bypass Trusts
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Business Succession Planning
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Special Needs Trusts
WILLS & TRUSTS
Our firm endeavors to provide efficient, cost-effective services to ensure that our client’s wishes for the distribution on their property are met.
Our approach is to meet with our clients to determine their needs and then to develop an approach that best serves those needs. We also consult with our clients' many other financial professionals from the fields of accounting, insurance, and investing.