Wills, Estates & Probate

Port Jefferson, Long Island Estate Attorney

 

At the Law Office of Richard J. Kaufman, we understand that one of the fundamental functions of counseling our client is the ability to provide a strategy to protect their assets and help them fulfill their intentions. We pride ourselves in assisting our clients in deciding how to provide for the legal means to pass on their estate, whether by preparing a last will and testament, a living trust or, as is often the case, by sometimes simpler and even less expensive alternatives. Our attorneys also emphasize to our clients the importance of different choices available to address both asset and health control issues such as having a living will, a healthcare proxy and a power of attorney. It cannot be emphasized enough that, because of the nature of the documents themselves, they must be done right the first time since it is too late to change them once they are actually needed.

Preparing the documents properly is only part of the services necessary to ensure that your wishes are carried out. Our office has practiced in the Surrogate’s Court in most of the counties in the New York metropolitan area and has resolved other estate issues in various jurisdictions around the country. Whether it is a matter of probating a will, or filing an estate petition where the deceased has not left a will (intestacy), or litigating complicated heirship issues or the contest of a will, our Port Jefferson law office has successfully resolved these issues over the past 22 years.

If you have any questions about wills, estates or trusts, please feel free to contact our Suffolk County, Long Island law firm by calling 1-800-701-9137 or e-mailing our office directly at info@kaufmanatlaw.com.