Estate and Tax Planning

West Virginia Estate and Tax Planning Lawyer

Gianola Barnum Wigal & London L.C., understands how important it is to protect your family's assets for your spouse, children, and future generations. Our estate and tax planning attorneys have the knowledge and experience to help you best preserve your assets while minimizing the overall tax effect of your particular situation.

We understand the relationships between estate planning, business planning, and you. Our firm will work directly with you and your financial professionals to determine the best way to meet your family's long-term objectives for business succession, retirement, and distribution of your assets before you pass away, or after death. Contact our Morgantown estate planning attorneys Link to Contact Us for a free consultation.

We offer more than simple estate and tax planning

The death of a loved one is an emotional time. Unfortunately, it is also a time when family members and would-be beneficiaries may step forward to contest portions of your will and your overall estate plan. Gianola Barnum Wigal & London L.C., provides more than simple estate and tax planning services. We also provide affordable probate representation for testate and intestate matters, including contested wills, dispute resolution, and litigation. We also work closely with families to administer the final details of an estate, including business operations, paying creditors, distribution of assets, and all other legal matters that may remain. Our assistance does not stop there. We can assist your beneficiaries and family with their needs after the estate is closed.

Our estate planning and probate services include:

• Wills (last will and testament)
• Testamentary and living trusts (including special needs trusts)
• Living wills, healthcare directives
• Contested will litigation and dispute resolution
• Estate administration
• Guardianship, conservatorship
• Life insurance issues
• Medicaid planning (elder law)
• Deed and title transfers
• Business succession planning

Business succession planning

If you are the owner of a business, you can trust that we know how important it is to ensure the continued success of your enterprise after you retire or pass away. We can help you make sure that your business continues moving forward and ends up in the hands of the family members or individuals you choose, for the next generation and for future generations. A business succession plan is an important part of protecting your hard-earned assets, your estate plan and your business partners.

Medicaid Planning

No one anticipates their need for nursing home care in the future. However, a medical condition, such as Alzheimer's, Dementia, or simply old age may call for the need to consider nursing home services. These facilities can be costly, with only minimal portions being covered by normal insurance plans. In order to avoid the dwindling of assets on elder care, it is important to start planning now for future long-term care needs. Learn more about our Medicaid planning services.

Contact our offices in Morgantown, West Virginia, to learn more about our complete estate planning, tax planning, and probate law services.