What we do, what is included, what it costs.

For one person whose estate goes to family or friends, without a trust.

• Will, naming guardians for children if needed
• Financial power of attorney
• Health care power of attorney and living will
• One signing meeting with witnesses and notary

Keeps your estate out of probate and private. Worth it for most homeowners with children.

• Revocable living trust
• Pour-over wills and powers of attorney
• Deed moving one Ohio home into the trust
• A plain-language summary you can hand to your family

You have a will or trust from before a move, marriage, divorce or new child.

• Read-through and a written list of what to change
• Amendments drafted if needed

We guide the executor through Franklin County Probate Court from first filing to final account.

• Filings, notices and court dates
• Inventory and creditor steps
• Final distribution and closing

For estates under the Ohio small-estate limit, a shorter court process.

• Application and court filing
• Help collecting and paying out assets

For a successor trustee settling a trust without court.

• Trustee checklist and notices
• Deeds and account transfers

Both spouses agree on the terms. We draft the agreement and take it through the final hearing.

• Separation agreement and parenting plan
• Filing and hearing
• Deed or title changes for one home

Drafted for one partner. The other partner needs their own lawyer to review it.

• Two drafts and one round of changes

When the other birth parent consents.

• Petition, consents and home-study steps
• Final hearing