Protect, Preserve And Provide For Your Family
At Mallor | Grodner Attorneys, we bring much more to your financial and estate planning needs than just legal skills. We have in-depth business and tax expertise, a commitment to personal relationships, and an understanding of family dynamics. All of this adds value and depth to the counsel we provide with regard to trust and estate matters.
Individuals, families and businesses all receive the highest level of personal attention when working with Mallor Grodner. You can rely on us for business transition needs, transfer of property, wills and trusts, medical directives, charitable giving, estate administration, litigation, and more. We also team with financial advisers, accountants and insurance vendors to coordinate your entire financial picture.
To schedule a meeting with an estate planning attorney, please complete our contact form or call us at 317-580-4959 or 317-453-2000. With offices in Bloomington and Indianapolis, we advise and represent clients throughout Indiana.
Simple Or Complex Wills
We firmly believe that every adult should engage in some estate planning in order to avoid the sometimes catastrophic results that may occur without proper planning. A last will and testament should be a part of every estate plan. We recognize that there are times when a “simple” will is appropriate, but there are also situations where a more “complex” will is needed to properly pass assets to heirs and protect assets over time.
Trust Formation, Funding And Administration
Trusts can help achieve a variety of goals, including tax planning and asset protection for you and/or family members. Trusts may be established during your lifetime or at death. We understand and advocate the tax and asset-protection benefits that trusts can offer, and we want to engage in detailed conversations with you to determine how trusts may help achieve your estate planning goals. We also help guide the trustee to fulfill his or her fiduciary duties in the administration of a trust, and we counsel and guide beneficiaries with respect to their interests and rights in a trust.
Advance Directives, Including Appointment Of Health Care Representatives And Living Wills
In the absence of a proper plan, the law may impose health care representatives and directives upon you that would not be consistent with your desires. We work with you to make sure that your health care directives properly carry out your intent.
Estate Administration
We work with you to first ascertain whether formal estate administration is necessary or desirable. If formal administration is appropriate, we guide you through the process of fulfilling your fiduciary duties, with an emphasis on accomplishing the administration in an efficient manner.
Special Needs Planning
A critical part of estate planning for families with a special needs child is ensuring the continued eligibility for and receipt of benefits for the special needs individual. Many public benefits are available to individuals with disabilities only if the individual’s assets and income are below a fixed limit. Special needs planning allows these individuals to receive inheritances, equitable distributions and personal injury settlements while maintaining public benefits.
Charitable Giving
We provide advice to help you achieve your charitable goals, during life and/or after death, in a tax-efficient manner.
Tax Planning
Federal estate tax and income tax laws have changed dramatically over the past several years. Federal estate tax planning remains very important for estates that are, or that may be (depending upon growth), over the estate tax exemption amount. Even if federal estate taxes are not a concern, the estate plan should consider and plan to minimize income taxes.
Closely Held And Family-Owned Business Succession Planning
We understand that succession planning should involve much more than a simple division of business interests in the next generation. We work with you to understand your family, business and desires, and to build a succession plan that helps ensure future business success.
Learn How We Can Help
Compassionate, accessible and responsive, we know how to make positive differences in our clients’ lives, and we look forward to working with you and your family. For our clients’ convenience, we have two office locations: Bloomington and Indianapolis.
To schedule a meeting with a member of our estate planning team, please call us in Bloomington (812-332-5000) or Indianapolis (317-453-2000) or complete our contact form. At Mallor Grodner, we advise and represent individuals and families throughout Indiana.