Probate Law

When you want to put the complicated laws that govern probate estates to work for you and your family, you find a law firm that can assist you to understand and plan for the challenges to come.  You want to plan your moves carefully so when you need assistance in handling the estate of a loved one or planning to make sure that your own wishes are carried out, you hire Chiumento & Guntharp, P.A..  Our highly skilled real estate attorneys have built their careers by successfully navigating complex probate laws and regulations and keeping you up-to-date with changes that impact your plans

Over three decades of firm history translates into literally hundreds of years of combined probate experience and sophistication available to our clients in planning either to avoid problems or to solve them if they should arise.

The attorneys at our Firm have experience in dealing with:  

Probate Litigation

We represent individual clients with regard to many types of probate litigation, including will challenges and defenses, estates and trusts litigation, and contested guardianships.  We also offer representation in ancillary matters including will contests, estate disputes, and actions for removal of fiduciaries.

Estate Planning (Wills & Trusts)

Helping you reach your goal of minimizing taxes and preserving assets for future generations is a vital part of the estate planning process. In finding creative solutions to your tax, estate planning, and business succession problems, we utilize advanced planning techniques including charitable lead and remainder trusts, grantor retained interest trusts, family limited partnerships, qualified personal residence trusts, qualified domestic trusts, life insurance trusts, generation skipping trusts, gifting trusts, and Florida intangibles tax trusts. You also need to be sure that your children or other family members receive assets in the manner that affords them the most good. Sometimes this entails restricting access to assets, leaving distribution decisions to a trusted friend or family member, requiring a child to attain and maintain some level of personal success in order to receive distributions, or giving a beneficiary maximum control of the property while safeguarding those assets from the reach of his or her creditors (including a divorcing spouse). Proper planning should always start with the question "In a perfect world, what result do I want to achieve?" From this starting point, we find creative solutions to meet your goals and objectives in a timely and efficient manner.

Family Business Succession Planning

By combining the efforts of the trusts and estates and corporate departments, we are able to assist business owners in addressing their business succession planning needs. Through the use of stock purchase agreements, implementing gifting programs, structuring business recapitalizations, and using various trusts and business entities, we can often significantly reduce your tax exposure while meeting your financial and succession goals.

Contact Chiumento & Guntharp, P.A. to put our Probate Law experience to work for your business.

Chiumento & Guntharp, P.A.
4 Old Kings Rd., North, Suite B Palm Coast, FL  32137 Telephone:  386-445-8900 Facsimile: 386-445-6702