Estate Planning
Our mission is to provide superior trusts and estates services through a coordinated approach with knowledge and implementation tailored to your unique needs.
The Trusts & Estates Group in Tacoma and Seattle serves hundreds of clients in the Puget Sound area by preparing wills, trusts and other contingency-plan documents, by analyzing and helping to carry out lifetime personal planning arrangements like family partnerships and charitable gifts, by advising those administering estates, trusts and guardianships, and by resolving disputes among heirs and with taxing authorities. Members of our group include a Certified Elder Law Attorney, two former CPAs and two LL.M.s (Masters of Tax).
We welcome you as a client and look forward to working with you.
Please access the links below for additional information. Click here to request a copy of our estate planning questionnaire.
I need a will or living trust.
My relationship status is changing.
- I'm getting married.
- I'm getting divorced.
- I'm in a domestic partnership/civil union.
- I'm unmarried but live with a partner.
A loved one has died.
- I need help administering the estate.
- I have questions about the way the estate is being administered.
I have a special needs family member.
- I need help setting up a guardianship for a disabled or incapacitated loved one.
- My loved one is disabled or a minor and I need help setting up a special needs trust or settlement trust.
I want to make a gift.
GTH Estate Planning Blog
- Nils and Lars make a bet. Step-nephew Sal has gotten the wealthy old man Nils keenly interested in precious metals. Look at the returns the last few years! OK; gold has come ....
- Revocable Living Trusts 401: the trustee. As indicated earlier, the Trustor who establishes a Revocable Living Trust ordinarily serves as sole initial Trustee (as well as being sole ....
- Revocable Living Trusts 301: powers of trustee. Nils and nephew Lars are Co-Trustees of Nils's Revocable Living Trust. In that role they hold title to most of Nils's assets. Under statutory and ....