Wills and Estate Administration

While drafting and updating a will may not seem like a high priority, maintaining your estate plan is one of the best ways to save your loved ones from emotionally exhausting aggravation after your death.  Clear instructions on property division, financial assets, and how to handle any outstanding debt can simplify the entire probate process and avert potentially permanent feuds between family members.  Having a qualified wills and estate lawyer makes this process even easier.

The Brooklyn attorneys of Ortiz & Ortiz L.L.P. have a thorough understanding of New York estate planning and probate law.  We carefully draft and update estate planning documents and see they are executed properly.

Our firm helps clients with a variety of estate planning documents and tools, including—

We regularly work with senior citizens, new retirees, business owners, and families with young children.  We carefully draft, review, and evaluate all estate planning documents to ensure they comply with New York laws.

Estate administration

Appointing an administrator is an excellent way to protect your estate after your passing.  An estate's administrator oversees the probate process—the time when wills, trusts, and other documents or possessions are examined to dispense among beneficiaries and creditors—and handles asset transfers, annuities, life insurance policies, and similarly related materials.  Administrators can be family members, attorneys, or another third party.

In addition to our work drafting and updating wills and trusts, Ortiz & Ortiz L.L.P. also represents or works with estate administrators during the probate and administration process.  We understand dealing with a complex estate may be difficult to handle after the death of someone you were close to and are sensitive to your emotions.  Our lawyers provide close, personal attention to clients and are available to discuss the details of an estate in depth so you have a full understanding of the probate process and any subsequent actions.  You can trust our firm to take good care of you.

Quality care from start to finish

Located close to Borough Hall in downtown Brooklyn, Ortiz & Ortiz L.L.P. has been serving New York City, Kings County, Westchester County, and Ulster County since 1959.  Our law firm is devoted to working with English and Spanish-speaking clients in bankruptcy, civil, and criminal law matters.

Contact our office to speak to an experienced wills and estate administration attorney.