Estate Planning
Do you speak this language: estate tax, gift tax, generation-skipping transfer tax, capital gains tax, Indiana inheritance tax, tax-free plans, tax-deferred plans, IRAs, 401(K), Roth IRA, 403(B), Form 706, Form 709, Form 1040, Form 1041, Form IT-40, Form IT-41, Form IH-12, qualified retirement plans, non-qualified retirement plans, charitable trust, GRITs, GRATs, GRUTs, CRUTs, CRATs, QPRTs, wills, guardianships, revocable living trusts, family trusts, marital trusts, special needs trusts, spendthrift trusts, credit shelter trusts, QTIP trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, powers of attorney, powers of appointment, disclaimers, Transfer on Death Property Act, Matrimonial Trusts, deeds, advance healthcare directives, family limited liability companies and family limited partnerships?
WE DO! HAWKINS LAW PC's attorneys speak these confusing languages fluently and translate them clearly.
The ever changing tax, trust, and probate laws require attorneys to focus their energy on these subjects more intensely than ever. The Hawkins attorneys keep track of the changes and break them down for ordinary people to understand. In fact, we spend several weeks each year proposing improved statutes, studying the changing legal lansscape, and teaching other lawyers how to adjust to the new laws.
Every estate plan receives painstaking attention to detail. We believe that a one-size-fits-all estate plan will not fit anyone very well. Multiple family generations find Hawkins’ awareness of multigenerational needs insightful and encouraging. Families with disabled children feel relief when they know that their wealth will bless their disabled children. Many of our clients appreciate the thousands of tax and health care dollars that have they saved because they asked us first.
Our plans help make goals more attainable and misfortunes more bearable.
Practice Regions
At any given time, HAWKINS LAW PC counsels and represents clients in estates, trusts, elder law and businesses in three or more counties. We serve clients in hospital and nursing home rooms, across kitchen tables, in factory break rooms, in barn lots, in courtrooms, and in our own office.
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A Vigo County, Sullivan County, Clay County, Greene County, Knox County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Owen County, Monroe County, Putnam County, Martin County, Daviess County, Lawrence County, Morgan County estate, trust, elder law & business law firm. We know the region well.
Practice Descriptions
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- Agriculture
- Business Planning & Development
- Corporate Law
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Estates Trusts & Gardianships
- Government Practice
