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Reed Wilson & Pinder, LLC
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Probate & Estate Administration ▪ Elder Law

Reed Wilson & Pinder, LLC assists people with the process of probating an estate. Contact us for more information on our probate and elder law services.

Probate & Estate Administration

Probate is the legal process in which an estate’s assets are distributed and any remaining debts are paid off. We assist our clients at all stages of probate and estate administration.

If you are the personal representative handling a will for someone who has passed away, we can guide you through the process of admitting the will to probate. If the person dies without a will (intestate), we determine the proper heirs according to the applicable Connecticut laws. We also assist with the rest of the probate process, including identifying and valuing the assets, determining how the assets will be distributed, determining whether there are any valid claims of creditors and paying off those claims.

If the estate is large, there may be federal or Connecticut death taxes due. We will prepare the necessary estate tax forms and calculate the estate taxes owed.

The benefit of choosing attorney Joan Reed Wilson is that she understands the intricacies of probate law and is experienced with helping people through the long and confusing probate process.

Elder Law

As part of our estate planning services, we work with elderly people and the adult children of elderly parents to determine whether their assets will cover them for potential long-term care needs. Attorney Joan Reed Wilson will sit down with our clients and work to develop a plan of how to transfer, gift, or organize assets to ensure that there is enough money to pay for long-term care needs.

We often help our clients with organizing their assets in such a way that they will be able to qualify for Medicaid (Title 19). One common issue that arises in Medicaid estate planning is the look-back, where the transferor will be penalized from receiving Medicaid state aid for long-term care if he or she makes a gift during a certain period before applying for Medicaid. In February 2006, President Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act into law.  Among other things, this law significantly changes the look-back and penalty period.  For more information on recent Medicaid and gifting law changes, see Joan's December 2005 article "Medicaid and Gifting: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

Many times the concern is whether there will still be some money available for parents to leave to their children. We firmly believe that the earlier people start planning for long-term care, the more options that will be available to them.

Reed Wilson & Pinder, LLC

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Reed Wilson & Pinder, LLC
9 Old Post Road
Clinton, CT 06413
Phone: (860) 669-1222
Fax: (860) 669-9800

Reed Wilson & Pinder, LLC, is located in Clinton, Connecticut, and serves clients on the Connecticut Shoreline and throughout Middlesex County, including the communities of Clinton, Killingworth, Essex, Westbrook, Guilford, Branford, Madison, Old Saybrook, Deep River, Haddam, and Higganum.