Estate Planning

Estate Planning Attorneys:

John G. Tunila Esq.

To protect one’s assets, to minimize taxes, to avoid probate and to effectuate your intent. When you pass your assets to your beneficiaries it can be a difficult and bewildering process. The firm has the expertise to navigate through all the inter-related and difficult issues and to compose and effectuate an estate plan meeting your wishes. We prepare Wills, Powers of Attorney and Living Wills. In addition, the firm engages in sophisticated estate planning including the use of all types of trusts including Living Trusts, Irrevocable Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, and Special Needs Trusts to effectuate estate planning objectives.

We assist clients in minimizing Federal and State of Connecticut estate tax obligations by employing various gifting strategies, the use of family partnerships and LLCs, charitable donations and Life Insurance Trusts. We help clients navigate through the difficult Medicaid (Title 19) process including employing strategies to protect assets and assisting clients with the preparation of the Title 19 Application and protecting client interests before the Department of Social Services.