Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning
Indianapolis Estate Planning Lawyer serving Central Indiana
Estate-Planning Attorney · Guardianship Attorney · Living Wills Lawyer
The Law Office of
BARBARA J. BAIRD
Many years of asset protection planning experience in your corner
317-637-2345
Asset protection planning is one of the most important things you can do for your family. When you put a solid estate plan in place, you not only legally pass on your financial assets and legacy, you also protect your survivors from the cost and inconvenience of probate court. Without a will in place, the courts decide how your assets will be distributed at the time of your death. An asset protection plan also allows your surviving family members to protect the value of your estate from high probate taxes.
At The Law Office of Barbara J. Baird, I focus much of my practice on helping people protect their financial legacy from probate. I am a multi-practice law office with years of experience helping people protect their assets from probate taxes, setting up trusts for their children and grandchildren, and drafting wills, no matter how complicated or simple the estate may be. It is never too early - or too late - to call an experienced estate-planning attorney to start your asset protection planning.
Contact the estate-planning attorney's office of The Law Office of Barbara J. Baird. Let me help you protect what you have worked so hard to earn.
I also serve my clients in matters related to management of their affairs in case of incapacity. In this area I offer living wills, medical advance directives, durable powers of attorneys, and living trusts. The laws have evolved in recent years to better help people prepare for possible future disability.
I assist my clients with two other special life-planning tools. One, I prepare premarital agreements for people entering second marriages who want to preserve their premarital assets for their children from their first marriages. Second, I offer special needs trusts for people with children with disabilities or incapacitated elderly parents. If these loved ones are receiving government benefits, a trust can be created to provide for them, while protecting their assets from the government.
Estate Planning and Probate Law
- Living wills / medical advance directives
- Last wills and testaments
- Living trusts
- Durable powers of attorney
- Premarital agreements
- Legal guardianships
- Tax planning
- Remainder trusts
- Special needs trusts
- Cohabitation agreements
- Domestic partnership agreements
I pay special attention to the complex legal needs of the gay and lesbian community by preparing domestic partnership agreements, medical advance directives, powers of attorney, and wills and trusts addressing the unique legal issues facing unmarried couples.
Contact the Indianapolis estate-planning lawyer's office of Barbara J. Baird to schedule a consultation to discuss your particular circumstances.
