Probate and Estate Administration

Greater Danbury Trust and Estate Administration Lawyers

If you need dependable service in Connecticut probate proceedings, or if you have grounds to challenge the terms of a will or the administration or a decedent's estate, contact a probate attorney at Collins, Hannafin. Our experienced estate administration and probate litigation attorneys can advise and represent you whether you are a personal representative, trustee, or heir.

In estate administration, our familiarity with the highly localized Connecticut probate court system can help ensure that your case proceeds smoothly from admission of the will to probate to asset distribution. Our lawyers can take care of the asset inventory, notice to heirs and creditors, and estate tax returns. Our probate experience can also help forestall or resolve problems between heirs and trust beneficiaries in cases where living trust instruments are unclear or improperly funded.

We represent trustees in postmortem trust administration. This work also involves the preparation of inventories, the issuance of notices, and the filing of tax returns. We can protect the interests of trust beneficiaries where the estate or the IRS challenges the effectiveness of the trust instrument to transfer title in a given asset.

Our long experience with litigation of all kinds can represent an advantage to a party engaged in probate litigation. We are experienced in the resolution of disputes concerning testamentary capacity, undue influence, forged instruments, or disputes as to asset valuations.

For additional information about our ability to provide effective client service in estate administration or probate litigation, contact a lawyer at our offices in Danbury or Ridgefield.

Our probate and estate administration lawyers include Gregg E. Brauneisen, Gail H. Matthews, E. O'Malley Smith, and John J. Tuozzolo.