Estate Planning

PRESERVING ASSETS FOR HEIRS AND PLANNING FOR THE UNEXPECTED

Brandon Family Law Center, LLC, provides comprehensive estate planning and elder care services so that you will never have to worry about your future or the future of your heirs. We represent individuals and couples, including domestic partners, in the Tampa, Florida, area and Hillsborough County.

Our Tampa estate planning lawyer, Mary L. Greenwood McDermott, offers over 30 years of experience. She understands the wide variety of legal instruments to protect assets, express wishes, and assist family members and physicians in making difficult health care decisions when you cannot make them for yourself.

Email us today to arrange a confidential consultation where we can discuss your goals.

WILLS AND TRUSTS

We believe that all people — young or old, with few assets or a large estate — should have a legal will. We take the time to explore your goals for retirement and how you would like your assets to be distributed after death. We can help you anticipate contingencies. When drafting your will, we typically include:

  • A power of attorney for financial and personal matters
  • A living will appointing a health care surrogate and a HIPAA release of medical records to family members

We can draft a “pour-over” will to transfer assets into a trust at the time of your death in order to minimize the expense, delays, and estate taxes associated with Florida probate administration.

Our attorney and her longtime estate planning paralegal, Linda McDermott, FRP, match your needs and goals with the appropriate type of trust, such as:

  • Irrevocable living trusts
  • Special needs trusts, such as supplemental needs trusts
  • Charitable trusts to protect your assets and to leave a portion of your estate to a favorite cause.

Ms. Greenwood McDermott can also create a guardianship to provide for a family member

Call the Brandon Family Law Center, LLC, at 813-653-1744 to arrange an appointment for sensitive and insightful estate planning services. We offer evening and weekend appointments, as well as in-home visits for our homebound clients.

PROVIDING TRANSACTIONAL ASSISTANCE TO BOLSTER YOUR PLANS

At Brandon Family Law, we do more than counsel and represent you in court. We are skilled in the transactional tasks involved in estate planning and qualifying for Medicaid and other government benefits. All this paperwork represents a major hurdle for most people, but we are masters at filling forms out correctly and promptly. Our message is: Don’t worry about the forms, we’ve got you covered.

Client Testimonials

  • This law firm is great! Everyone is friendly and helpful. Karen is awesome at staying on top of things. Unlike many law firms that don't call you back, this law firm makes sure that communication is their standard. I have had the pleasure of using Karen's, and Mary's services. All are very professional, kind, knowledable, and I've had nothing but pleasant experiences with this firm. I have recommended them to others and will continue to recommend their services.
    S. Gaskins

  • We used Brandon Family Law Center for on two occasions, a guardianship and an adoption. In both cases the staff was professional and attentive to our inquiries and requests. We will definitely use this law firm for our legal needs, in the future.
    K. O’Rourke

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    Contact Us For A Consultation

    No matter what your family's need is, Brandon Family Law Center has the knowledge and experience to help you. To schedule an initial consultation to discuss your case with the experienced and caring divorce and family lawyers at Brandon Family Law Center.
    Call us at 813-653-1744 .