If you need a will, trust, living will, power of attorney, or other estate planning document drafted on your behalf, we are happy to help. Call to discuss the many different ways we can help you protect your assets and your family through careful estate planning.

Protect your Assets, Avoid Unnecessary Taxes, Protect Your Family

An experienced estate planning and probate attorney can provide a tremendous benefit to his clients. The benefits of estate planning include effective transfer to your loved ones, avoidance of unnecessary taxes, preservation of wealth, and the transfer of assets without the supervision of the probate court. Carefully drafted and executed estate planning documents can provide you with peace of mind that your wishes will be carried out. If you want more of your assets to go to your family, call our office to schedule your appointment.

Probate of Estates

The goal of estate planning is often the avoidance of probate. The probate process is complex and can be time-consuming and costly. It can take months or years before an estate plan can make it through the probate process. The costs can eat up a significant portion of the net worth of the estate. However, if you need an attorney to represent you in a case in which an estate is in probate, we are happy to provide quality representation to those in need.

Schedule a Free Consultation

If you or your spouse have decided it is time to consider your estate planning needs, call our office to schedule an appointment with one of our lawyers. We can be reached at (801) 432-8682.

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Ryan E. Simpson
8833 S. Redwood Road, Suite C
West Jordan, Utah 84088
United States
Telephone: (801) 432-8682
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John Logan

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We've gotten divorce and child custody work from Ascent Law since the beginning because of my ex. We love this divorce firm! Staff is gentle, friendly and skilled. Tanya knows her stuff. Nicole is good and Ryan is fun. Really, all the staff here are careful, kind and flexible. They always answer all my questions, explain what they're doing and provide great legal services. I personally think they are the best for divorce in Utah.

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Jacqueline Hunting

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I have had an excellent experience with Ascent Law, Michael Reed is an absolutely incredible attorney. He is 100% honest and straight forward through the entire legal process of things, he also has a wonderful approach to helping better understand certain agreements, rights, and legal standing of matters, to where it was easy to know whats going on the entire process. I appreciate the competency, genuine effort put forth, and assistance I received from Ascent and attorney Michael Reed, and I will be calling these guys if ever I have the need again for their legal assistance! 5star review Wonderful attorneys!

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Anthony Ziegler

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This review is well deserved for Ryan and Josh. New clients should know they are worth the 5 star rating we give them. We needed 2 sessions from them because of the complexity of the matter, but they are both very passionate about his helping others in need.  My sister needed bankruptcy and I needed divorce.  Sometimes they go hand in hand but a large shout out to this team - also Nicole is one of the sweetest people you ever did meet - she offered me warm cookies!

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Thomas Parkin

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Mike Anderson and his colleagues & staff are knowledgeable, attentive and caring. In a difficult and complex case that eventually went to trial, Mike was the voice of reason and the confidence I needed. His courtroom abilities are amazing and I felt his defense of me was incredible. His quick thinking and expertise allowed for a positive result when I felt the World was crumbling. His compassion, after the case, has helped me return to a good life. I trust Mike and his staff. They are friendly and very good at what they do.

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Yeran Merry

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I worked with Attorney Alex and Paralegal Ami in my divorce case. I got to know the team very well over the course of two years. I cannot think of a better team to have worked with. Ami and Alex are not only exceptional law professions who are very knowledgeable and thorough, they are also the best human beings who empathize with the emotions I was experiencing. Alex was conscious of my budget and worked efficiently to try to reduce unnecessary legal expenses. My case also involved some dealings with a foreign country that Alex and his team had previously dealt with.  They did an amazing job addressing cultural barriers in a very respectful manner and did not fall short in quality of work or in standards when dealing with some of these new challenges. Ami deserves a medal for being extremely professional, calming, and compassionate when it is needed most.  When you need family law attorneys, call this firm. I now feel I can move forward with grace and dignity.

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Estate Planning is a general term for the legal process of helping our clients arrange their affairs in such a manner as to ensure that, in the event of injury, illness, incapacity or death, their finances and personal care will be handled in the way they have directed in advance and by those individuals or financial institutions which they wish to entrust with these important tasks.

Generally, the revocable living trust is usually the centerpiece of an estate plan. A common misconception is that trusts are only for the wealthy and are established for the sole purpose of minimizing estate taxes. Consult with our Salt Lake City attorney at the Law Offices of Ryan E. Simpson, P.C., to find out about the benefits of a trust:

  • Simplify administration and distribution of a person’s assets upon death.
  • Minimize the cost of administration by avoiding the costs of the court proceedings called probate.
  • Clearly designate persons or financial institutions to handle a person’s financial and medical affairs upon incapacity or death.
  • Tax saving features

Although many other important benefits come from establishing living trusts (a living trust being simply a trust that is established while a person is alive as opposed to a trust that is created at a person’s death, the latter kind of trust being called a testamentary trust) these are the most important features that most of our clients are looking for when setting up their estate plans.

Upon a person’s death, if all that person has is a will, any assets that do not have a joint owner or for which there is no beneficiary named must be administered and distributed through a court-directed legal process called probate. A common misunderstanding is that a will also avoids probate; but in fact, a will is a ticket to the probate court just as much as if the person had died without a will, dying without a will being called “intestacy.”

However, with a living trust, all assets held in the trust can be transferred without court administration, i.e. without probate, to the persons designated as recipients in the trust, those recipients being “beneficiaries.” Because the trust does not die upon the death of the originator of the trust, the assets are not subject to the probate court process and so can pass to the beneficiaries in a much more efficient manner and without the time delays and expense usually associated with probate of a will or with intestacy.

Another important feature of the living trust is that it greatly simplifies the administration of the estate if minor children are named as beneficiaries. Many of our clients may not necessarily have large estates; however, for those who have children, there are usually life insurance policies established for the children and most policies will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits to the children in the event of the parents’ deaths.

If a trust is not established, the children will generally receive their inheritances outright upon reaching the age of 18. Most of our clients agree that age 18 is too young to be receiving large estate distributions. The living trust can be established as the beneficiary of the trust to hold the insurance proceeds and other estate assets for the children’s health, education and support until the children reach an age at which they can be entrusted with their full inheritance. Without a trust, the children’s estates will be subject to the ongoing control and reporting requirements of the family court system which can be expensive and cumbersome.

To find out about asset protection and estate planning in Utah or if you have any questions about the services we provide, contact us by Phone at (801) 432-8682 or email at info@bnkut.com.

 

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