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Successions and Probate

Your Family Legacy Is Our Mission

Our mission at Legacy Center of Louisiana, LLC is to help Louisiana families leave a lasting legacy. That mission is not over until your legacy is passed on to your intended beneficiaries. Therefore, succession and probate work is a primary focus of our Louisiana estate planning practice.

During your lifetime, if you want to transfer any of your property, you generally do so by signing a document making the transfer. Of course, this is no longer possible after death. Therefore, it is usually necessary to retain an attorney to file papers with the court to transfer property to the beneficiaries. This procedure is called a succession in Louisiana. You may also hear it referred to as probate. A succession is required whether there is a will or not.

Managing The Details

Many Louisiana attorneys prepare successions and do probate work, but the laws involving successions are complex and there are deadlines that, if missed, may cause your heirs to pay additional taxes. An attorney not familiar with the Louisiana laws may also take more time to complete the work causing more stress to the family already grieving from the loss of a loved one. In addition, many attorneys charge a percentage of the estate to prepare a succession even though the work required to prepare the succession of a person who had $200,000 worth of assets is the same as the work required to prepare the succession of a person who had $1 million in assets.

Helping You Through It

At the Legacy Center of Louisiana, the goal of the members of our succession and probate team is to ensure we prepare the necessary Louisiana succession documents in a timely manner and at a reasonable fee. We also understand that our clients who come to see us to prepare their loved one’s successions are often still grieving and we strive to treat those clients with extra care.

Schedule An Appointment Now

If you need help after the loss of a loved one, please contact us for an appointment to discuss your options and how our law firm can assist you in planning for probate and successions.

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