Practice Areas
Our team has experience in all areas of trust and estates law, and we work with individuals, families, beneficiaries, executors, trustees and non-profit organizations. Take a look at our practice areas, and get in touch if you have any questions or would like to learn more about our services.
FIDUCIARY LITIGATION
Representing your rights
When conflict arises, it’s important to have someone you trust on your side. At Prather Ebner Wilson, we approach every case with the skill and experience needed to put your best foot forward. We help you:
- Pursue accountings and other information for beneficiaries of trust and estates administration
- Defend trustee actions in the administration of trusts and estates
- Recover misused or mismanaged funds for beneficiaries
- Ensure trusts are protected from a beneficiary’s creditors
- Obtain instructions or court-approval of trustee and executor actions
- Invalidate documents created as a result of fraud or undue influence
- Resolve disputes involving minority owners, majority owners, or the managers of family-owned businesses
- Other fiduciary litigation involving trusts, estates, guardianships, and powers of attorney
CONTESTED PROBATE PROCEEDINGS
Helping you navigate sensitive situations
We know that the death of a loved one can put strains on relationships that you hope to preserve. Our team approaches every case with the care and confidence needed to manage sensitive situations. We help you:
- Pursue assets owned by the decedent but held by another party
- File or defend claims against the estate
- Prevent unreasonable executor’s fees
- Ensure probate is completed in a timely manner
- Defend against challenges to a will or other estate planning document
- Prevent improper use of estate assets
TRUST AND ESTATES ADMINISTRATION
Helping you succeed in your new role
When you become an executor, trustee or guardian, you may have new responsibilities you weren’t necessarily prepared for. Our trust and estates law experts help you understand your role so you can successfully carry out your duties. This includes:
- Helping you understand the terms of an estate plan
- Advising on relevant laws and tax requirements
- Modernizing old trust agreements to ensure they continue to accomplish their intended purposes despite changing circumstances
- Obtaining instructions or court-approval of trustee and executor actions
ESTATE PLANNING
Protecting what’s most important to you
- Provide legal and practical advice tailored to your needs, whether you’re single, getting married, starting a family, retiring or suffering the loss of a loved one
- Help you manage difficult family dynamics that often come with estate planning
- Navigate state and federal laws to transfer assets both during life and at death
- Update existing estate planning documents when they become outdated or no longer accomplish their intended purposes
PREMARITAL AND POSTMARITAL AGREEMENTS
Putting a plan in place, just in case
With the excitement of getting engaged, planning a wedding, and getting married to your partner, it may feel wrong to discuss your financial arrangements for the future. But getting legal advice before you get married (or after, in the case of a postmarital agreement), is a great idea for every couple, and we can walk you through the entire process. We help you:
- Determine if a premarital or postmarital agreement is appropriate for your marriage
- Facilitate open conversations about how you and your partner plan to manage money during your marriage and divide assets if you divorce
- Create agreements that address issues important to you and your partner, including wealth, children, assets, and debt
