Estate Settlement
TRUST & ESTATE SERVICES
Estate settlement should be as nondisruptive as possible for your family. When serving as your executor, we offer a level of competence, trust, and professionalism that can help ease the burden on your family during this difficult time.

Our Estate Settlement services are delivered with the utmost skill, responsibility, and compassion
ESTATE SETTLEMENT SERVICES
One of our most critical roles as your executor is to gather, account for, and value all estate assets and safeguard those assets from damage or loss. These tasks can be more complex when assets such as private businesses, real estate, antiques, art, cars, and other collectibles are involved, and we are accustomed to dealing with unique and specialty assets.
As your executor, we comply with state law requirements, including requirements of the state probate court that has jurisdiction over your assets. As an experienced executor, we understand how to file federal and state income and estate tax returns, including knowing the tax and property laws of the applicable jurisdictions.
One of the most challenging aspects of serving as an executor involves managing complicated intrafamily dynamics at a time of grief and loss. Through many years of experience dealing with complex family situations, we are able to maintain objectivity during an emotionally charged period.

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ESTATE SETTLEMENT ESSENTIALS
Understanding the basic terms and potential complexity involved can help you make an informed decision when naming an executor.


Settling an estate
The process of collecting a decedent’s assets, paying his/her debts and estate taxes, and distributing the remaining assets to the heirs named in the will.

Executor or personal representative
The person named to gather a decedent’s assets, arrange for payment of debts, expenses, and tax obligations, and distribute the property that passes under his/her will.

Probate
The legal process in which a will is reviewed to determine whether it is valid and authentic, which must occur before asset gathering can begin.
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Lisa Fricke
Regional Estate Team Leader