Areas of Practice:

Estate & Tax Planning / Probate Administration

Helping families plan for and cope with a family member's death and lifetime protection of family assets involves not only careful consideration of tax and probate laws, but it also involves careful consideration of the family's future goals. When a death is involved, we are also aware that the most important service we can perform is to help the family through a very difficult time by making ourselves available to alleviate the administrative burdens faced by families following death.

Estate and tax planning is no longer just a tool available for the wealthiest families. In today's complex world of ever-changing tax and probate laws, all families need to carefully plan for the future to avoid the hardships these tax and probate laws might inflict. This is especially true when the family's assets include a business interest. Helping clients navigate these laws in order to minimize tax liabilities, protect the family's assets from claims of creditors, and minimize the delay and expense of the probate administration process are our primary objectives for our clients.

As well as many other facets involved in estate and tax planning, our attorneys provide counsel on wills, trusts, powers of attorney, business succession planning, guardianships, living wills, lifetime gift programs, and charitable giving.

For those families who do face the prospect of probate administration of a loved one's estate, TZANGAS, PLAKAS, MANNOS & RAIES, LTD. provides counsel to assist the family in making the probate administration process expedient. Because our primary concern is always the protection of your family's assets, we work diligently to obtain your goals while easing the family's burden at a difficult time.