Within the areas of Family Law, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate law and litigation, we provide the following full range of services:
We understand that marriages can go wrong and parties may wish to divorce. Our team do provide effective divorce services, including litigation and drawing of settlement agreements for the parties.
We ensure that if there is an order for distribution of the estate our clients’ rights are protected.
Bazuka and Company Incorporated's goal is to make the estate planning process easy. We educate our clients as to all their options and guide them in choosing the ones most appropriate for them. In creating an estate plan, you shouldn't just end up with a fancy binder full of trust, powers of attorney and healthcare directive documents, but rather a well thought out estate plan that will ensure your wishes and directions are followed. No matter what your situation, everyone should take some time to plan their estate. Although starting this process can be intimidating, it is important to find an experienced estate planning attorney who you are comfortable with. This relationship should last a lifetime. You should feel as though you can take the extra time to ask questions and make sure you understand your various estate planning options and their results.
We specialize in advanced estate planning strategies to handle the transfer of business interests and real estate. We ensure that families can save taxes, increase wealth, and control assets. Many of our clients are particularly interested in developing a plan that ensures the orderly continuation of their business or of other substantial assets. A good succession plan must not only minimize income tax, property tax and estate and gift tax, but it must address the important issue of governance; who will be in charge and how will decisions be decided within the family. We have the skills to handle advanced estate and gift tax planning techniques for high net worth individuals in addition to the basic estate planning needs of all individuals.
Bazuka and Company Incorporated prepares wills, revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts (including charitable trusts, trusts for minors, life insurance trusts, generation-skipping trusts or dynasty trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts ("GRATs"), and qualified personal residence trusts ("QPRTs") as well as family limited partnerships ("FLPs"), and private foundations on a routine basis.
Family Law
Bazuka and company Incorporated values the institution of marriages. To this effect we ensure that the parties entering into marriages understands the type of contract that they are getting into. We provide notarial services to our clients in drafting and registering of antenuptial contracts and post-nuptial contract.We understand that marriages can go wrong and parties may wish to divorce. Our team do provide effective divorce services, including litigation and drawing of settlement agreements for the parties.
We ensure that if there is an order for distribution of the estate our clients’ rights are protected.
Estate Planning
Although a large part of estate planning concerns minimizing tax and avoiding probate, for most of us it starts with the simple idea of how you want to distribute your assets upon death.Bazuka and Company Incorporated's goal is to make the estate planning process easy. We educate our clients as to all their options and guide them in choosing the ones most appropriate for them. In creating an estate plan, you shouldn't just end up with a fancy binder full of trust, powers of attorney and healthcare directive documents, but rather a well thought out estate plan that will ensure your wishes and directions are followed. No matter what your situation, everyone should take some time to plan their estate. Although starting this process can be intimidating, it is important to find an experienced estate planning attorney who you are comfortable with. This relationship should last a lifetime. You should feel as though you can take the extra time to ask questions and make sure you understand your various estate planning options and their results.
We specialize in advanced estate planning strategies to handle the transfer of business interests and real estate. We ensure that families can save taxes, increase wealth, and control assets. Many of our clients are particularly interested in developing a plan that ensures the orderly continuation of their business or of other substantial assets. A good succession plan must not only minimize income tax, property tax and estate and gift tax, but it must address the important issue of governance; who will be in charge and how will decisions be decided within the family. We have the skills to handle advanced estate and gift tax planning techniques for high net worth individuals in addition to the basic estate planning needs of all individuals.
Bazuka and Company Incorporated prepares wills, revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts (including charitable trusts, trusts for minors, life insurance trusts, generation-skipping trusts or dynasty trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts ("GRATs"), and qualified personal residence trusts ("QPRTs") as well as family limited partnerships ("FLPs"), and private foundations on a routine basis.
Probate and Trust Administration
We advise fiduciaries (which includes trustees, executors and conservators) in regard to their administrative tasks and fiduciary duties as well as beneficiaries in regard to their rights to estate and/or trust property. Upon death we assist our clients in the efficient transfer of assets whether through probate or private trust administration and ensure that all of their duties are properly carried out.Probate and Trust Litigation
In responding to any situation, we ensure that our client's needs are promptly and efficiently met. Bazuka and Company Incorporated team represents beneficiaries and fiduciaries in the following types of litigation:- Will and Trust Contests
- Interpretation of Estate Planning Documents
- Determinations of Heirship and Asset Ownership
- Accounting Controversies
- Fiduciary Appointment and Removal
- Constructive Trusts
- Creditor's Claims
- Disputes Concerning the Characterization of Property
- Elder Abuse