Manage assets and plan an inheritance
A revocable living trust can coordinate how your property and business interests are managed and how beneficiaries receive trust assets, while allowing you to adapt the plan as your needs change.
Trust planning in New York & New Jersey
A trust should have a purpose. Yours.
Plan how your assets will be managed and passed on. We help you explore revocable and irrevocable trust options, choose who will manage the trust, and understand how to put your plan into effect.
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Your options
What are you looking for in a trust?
Plan for long-term-care eligibility
A Medicaid asset protection trust serves a different purpose from a revocable living trust. If future care costs are your concern, start with Medicaid planning.
Explore Medicaid planningProvide for someone with a disability
A special needs trust can plan support around the person’s needs and the benefits they rely on. The source of the funds and their circumstances guide the approach.
Explore special needs planningWe’ll discuss your family, property, business interests, and goals to help you decide whether a trust fits your needs and what related planning may be appropriate.
Talk through your situationWhat a trust can help you accomplish.
Continuity in managing your assets
Choose who will manage trust property and who can step in if that trustee becomes unable to serve. Set clear terms for how the assets should be handled.
An inheritance with a plan
Decide how and when beneficiaries receive trust assets—for example, in stages rather than all at once—and who will manage funds on their behalf.
A path outside probate
Properly funded trust assets can pass to beneficiaries outside probate, helping keep their distribution more private and reducing the property that must go through the probate process.
Our approach
Clear advice.
Thoughtful preparation.
Michael A. Gorodetsky
Attorney & Founder
Understand your options.
We explain your options, recommend an approach, and seek your input on the decisions that shape your plan. Your questions and priorities are part of that conversation.
Candid explanations
Understand what a proposed document does, what it does not do, and why it may belong in your plan.
Your priorities guide the work
Your concerns, family circumstances, assets, and priorities shape our recommendations.
How we move forward.
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Discuss your priorities
Start with your property, business interests, the people you want to provide for, and your goals. We also consider any planning documents you already have.
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Design and review your plan
Discuss the trust structure, trustee choices, beneficiaries, and how assets will be managed and distributed. Review the proposed trust and any related documents with clear explanations.
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Sign and plan the funding
Sign the agreed documents and review how the intended assets will reach the trust, including any deeds, account ownership changes, or beneficiary arrangements. We identify the next steps for each asset.
Fees
What the work costs.
Revocable living trust & pour-over will
A flat fee agreed within the range based on the planning and documents needed. Includes a trust-funding consultation.
$4,000–$7,000
Medicaid asset protection trust
An agreed flat fee for advance irrevocable trust planning, including consideration of applicable look-back rules.
$5,000–$8,000
Special needs trust
First-party or third-party trust planning. We discuss the funding source and work needed before providing a flat-fee quote.
Quoted flat fee
Deed preparation & recording
Quoted separately when a deed is needed. Government recording fees additional.
$2,500
Start with a conversation
Your initial conversation about your needs is free. A detailed review of existing documents is a separate consultation: $300 for 30 minutes or $500 for 60 minutes. We agree on that review and its fee before it begins.
Scope confirmed in writing
Listed fees cover the services described. More complex planning is quoted separately. For a range, we agree on a specific flat fee after discussing your needs. We confirm the scope, funding assistance, and fee in writing before work begins.
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Common questions
Before you call.
What does funding a trust mean?
Funding means transferring appropriate assets into the trust. We explain which assets belong in the trust and the steps needed to transfer them. The revocable trust package includes a funding consultation; we confirm any transfer assistance separately.
Why does the revocable trust package include a pour-over will?
A pour-over will can direct assets passing under the will into the trust after death. Those assets may still need to go through probate. Preparing it alongside the trust helps coordinate the plan, whether or not you already have a will.
Can a trust help protect assets or address estate taxes?
Certain irrevocable trusts can support asset-protection or estate-tax planning. We’ll discuss your goals, assets, and the control you want to retain to determine which approach may fit your circumstances.
Can I change a revocable trust?
Generally, the person creating a revocable trust retains the ability to amend or revoke it while legally able to do so, subject to its terms and applicable law. We discuss those powers as part of the plan.
How long will this take?
Timing depends on the work involved, the information needed, and signing arrangements. Let us know about any deadline so we can discuss a realistic timeframe.
Start a conversation
Let’s discuss whether a trust fits.
Call, message us on WhatsApp, or request a callback to discuss your planning needs. You don’t need to share sensitive details to take the first step.
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