Wills and estate planning: When you come up with the right estate plan, you can provide for your family and make sure your wishes are honored. Using a variety of tools including wills, trusts, healthcare directives, and powers of attorney, we will help you come up with an estate plan tailored to your needs. Elder law and Medicaid planning: As you grow older, you will face new questions about your future. We will help you understand the concerns you face, explain the law, and come up with strategies to deal with medical and financial issues. Special needs trusts: Incapacitated or disabled individuals often require extensive care that must be continued throughout their lives. To ensure your loved one with special needs has the care he or she requires, our firm can help you establish a special needs trust that is designed to provide monetary support and legal authority for his or her care. Guardianship: The very first case Henry A. Carpenter handled in his career was a guardianship case for a senior suffering from dementia, and he cares deeply about this issue. A guardianship gives a family member or other trusted person the legal authority to take care of a loved one who is longer be able to take care of themselves properly. From day-to-day living to help with legal and medical decisions, we can help you with your elder guardianship or special needs guardianship concerns. Estate administration: If you have recently lost a loved one, you may need legal assistance to administer their estate properly. Whether they left a comprehensive estate plan or you must go through the probate process, there are many things to be done. We will help you with all your estate administration concerns and protect your rights if any disputes arise. Contested wills and estates: Problems may arise while a will or estate is being administered. Our firm represents clients on either side of a dispute over a will or estate, handling the contest as thoroughly and efficiently as possible, whether in or out of court.