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Though you may not want to think about how your family will carry on when you are gone, estate planning is the best way to prepare for the inevitable and safeguard your family’s future. A little planning today goes a long way and can have a profound effect on your life and the lives of your loved ones.
At Legacy Law Centers, we want to help you leave behind a legacy you are proud of – one that will have a positive impact on future generations. We understand that you have worked hard to provide for your family and give them the life they deserve. Now you deserve the peace of mind knowing they will be stable and supported well after your death. Equipped with the necessary tools, resources, connections, and – most importantly – experience, Legacy Law Centers can help you address the many aspects of a solid estate plan. Depending on your situation, this may include a will, trusts, power of attorney, advance medical directives, specialty planning, or funding. As your life, needs, and values change, our team will be there to update your plan as needed.
Our firm does not manage your assets – we protect them, providing practical advice tailored to your situation. By creating strategic alliances with financial managers and Certified Public Accountants, our team is able to help you achieve your goals and create your virtual family office, allowing you a privilege once only reserved for the ultra-wealthy.
Decide between a revocable or irrevocable trust, depending on your specific needs.
Appoint someone you trust or a professional to manage your assets and follow your trust’s terms.
Transfer ownership of your assets to the trust.
Work with a skilled and reliable estate planning attorney to draft and finalize your trust.
Decide between a revocable or irrevocable trust, depending on your specific needs.
Transfer ownership of your assets to the trust.
Appoint someone you trust or a professional to manage your assets and follow your trust’s terms.
Work with a skilled and reliable estate planning attorney to draft and finalize your trust.
Hi I’m Sam, the founder of Legacy Law Centers. We are a caring and compassionate law firm located in Leesburg, VA.
My firm prides itself on our goal-oriented process. We work to understand your unique needs before ever making a recommendation.
On a personal level, I understand the anxiety, worry, and stress that comes with a life-changing incident. Back in 2018, I had an emergency triple bypass. I wasn’t sure if I would ever see my wife and three kids again. It was terrifying and hard on the entire family.
Because of my experience, my practice is dedicated to making estate planning accessible to all. And to me, that means using plain English and easy-to-understand visual aids.
“Hired Sam to help resolve a problem with a home improvement contractor. Sam took the time to listen to me and then worked for the best possible outcome saving me money and additional headaches. Excellent attorney.”
“I hired Sam to put a living trust together for me. Sam was personable, patient, and professional. Sam took time in every step of the way to listen to my inquiries about the process. I highly recommend Sam.”
“The experience couldn't have been better! Sam was great and helped me understand different estate planning vehicles. We spoke about my short and long term goals and he helped find a solution that met every one of my needs.”
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Family wealth preservation is key to building and securing generational wealth. To do it, you’ll need to plan strategically to protect and transfer your assets as you wish. It includes establishing trusts, creating wills, and implementing tax-efficient strategies designed to minimize liabilities, all while preserving the value of your assets.
Tools like revocable living trusts will empower you to retain control of your assets while you’re still alive while enabling a seamless transfer of them upon your passing. Life insurance policies and charitable giving can also play a role in preserving your wealth, ensuring your family enjoys your assets without suffering a crushing tax burden or faces an unnecessary set of legal obstacles.
Planning your estate early significantly offsets the risk you’d otherwise face of seeing significant devaluation of your assets due to probate, creditors eating into it, or other unforeseen legal disputes. Working with an estate planning lawyer you can trust is a sure way to get all the documents you need drafted and ensure your wealth is protected for generations.
In Virginia, children have certain inheritance rights, especially when one of their parents dies with a will. Under Virginia’s intestacy laws, assuming there’s no surviving spouse, the deceased’s estate generally passes to any children they have. If there is a surviving spouse, their children may still inherit a portion of the estate, but this depends on whether the surviving spouse is also the parent of the deceased’s children.
Children born outside of marriage or children who are adopted have the same inheritance rights as children born to married parents. Stepchildren are not automatically entitled to inherit an estate unless they are legally adopted. Virginia protects the rights of children to contest wills if they believe their inheritance rights have been compromised by undue influence or fraud.
Parents should thoroughly plan their estate to ensure their children’s rights are honored and protected. Creating a will or trust alone can go far by clearly defining their intentions and significantly reducing the circumstances for disputes to arise.
At Legacy Law Centers, we see our role in your planning process as a problem solver and a solution developer. Your situation is unique – you need more than a cookie cutter approach. Our Leesburg estate planning attorney, Sam J. Mansoor, takes the time to get to know you and listen to your story, offering personalized service that meets your needs, achieves your goals, and adheres to your wishes.
A family man himself, Attorney Mansoor understands how stressful it can be to make decisions that could significantly impact your family. We want to relieve that burden and make your estate planning experience easy and stress-free. As you and your family grow, we can be by your side to make changes to your plan and ensure that your legacy grows with you.
Our firm does not manage your money – we protect it, providing practical advice tailored to your situation. By creating strategic alliances with financial managers and certified public accountants, our team is able to help you achieve your goals and create your virtual family office, allowing you a privilege once only reserved for the ultra-wealthy.
Leesburg, VA, seniors can significantly benefit from working with an experienced estate planning attorney. Doing so can help you navigate your way through Virginia’s estate tax laws much more effectively than you would be able to on your own.
Although Virginia does not have an estate tax, Virginians are still nonetheless subject to federal estate taxes in many situations, namely people who have high-value estates. The federal estate tax exemption is set at $12.92 million per person, but anything valued higher than this is likely subject to tax. An estate planning attorney can help you develop strategies to reduce if not entirely eliminate, potential federal tax liabilities.
Estate planning attorneys are well-versed in the arsenal of tools that are available to you to achieve this. For starters, leveraging an irrevocable trust with charitable gifts and various gifting strategies can be a great way to shield your assets from being taxed when you pass on. A lawyer will also guide you through other estate planning laws, such as those that intersect with probate and powers of attorney.
Opt to preserve your wealth and create a secure future for your family with an estate planning attorney from Legacy Law Centers.
It’s never too early to start planning your estate. Working with an estate planning attorney early on ensures your assets are protected and will be distributed exactly how you want them. However, you should begin estate planning when you experience significant life events or changes. Some examples of these include:
These milestones mark important points in your life and are key to outlining how you want your wealth to be managed and transferred.
Estate planning is particularly important if your estate is high value. Why? Because you may be subject to federal estate tax laws. Not being aware of this and taking the necessary precautions could mean that the value of your estate is reduced significantly by the time it is passed onto your beneficiaries.
But even if you don’t have a particularly high-value estate, you’ll do well to have an estate plan in place. A well-drafted will or trust will go far to ensure that your loved ones avoid probate, which is notoriously time-consuming and is even known to strain familial relationships.
Get started today, even if just by asking questions you may have. Legacy Law Centers is here with free consultations that will help you better understand the complicated estate tax laws you may be subject to and address any questions or concerns you have about the process.
