Estate Planning for Life Partners

Pennsylvania Estate Planning Lawyers

To date, legislation granting life partners the same kinds of financial and legal rights available to married couples is not in place. However, a number of estate planning options exist that can protect you and your partner from certain kinds of problems should you need to settle your estate.

Pennsylvania Diversity Network verified as "GLBT Friendly", the law office of Snyder & Wiles, PC, has represented numerous life partners in estate planning matters. Whether through a trust, durable power of attorney, joint tenancy arrangement or will, we create estate plans that help life partners to address medical treatment issues, property and asset transfer rights, and probate administration concerns. With over 30 years of estate planning experience, we understand the scope and limits of the law and how to harness allowances within it to establish rights and protections for life partners.

For more information regarding estate planning and the options available to domestic partners, contact the law office of Snyder & Wiles, PC, today.

Covering All the Bases — Discussing Your Options

Estate planning requires creativity since every case is different. At Snyder & Wiles, PC, our estate planning lawyers work with tax experts, life planners, and accountants when necessary. We identify effective planning tools to ensure you and your partner's financial future is secure, advising and representing you in regard to the following:

• Wills
• Trusts
• Parental rights
• Asset reallocation
• Healthcare directive
• Property inheritance
• Tenancy agreements
• Durable power of attorney
• HIPAA regulations and issues

Protecting the Rights of You and Your Partner

It is not uncommon for life partners to encounter difficulties regarding property rights and medical issues if they do not have an estate plan in place. In order to avoid difficulties during probate, our office identifies means to provide for the transfer of real estate property through joint tenancy and wills. When medical treatment is a concern, providing a durable power of attorney to your partner can help you avoid most if not all problems associated with your living will.

Contact Snyder & Wiles, PC

Life partners face a number of legal challenges when planning their estates. This is why it is important to begin taking steps now to put in place the legal means to protect what you have worked hard to earn and to provide for your partner's security.

For more information regarding our practice and how we can help you secure your financial future, contact our estate planning attorneys at the law office of Snyder & Wiles, PC, today.