Estate and Trust Administration Lawyers in Montgomery County

Maryland and District of Columbia estate administration law firm

Losing a loved one is difficult, and the added pressure of serving as executor of the estate can compound your grief. At estate administration law firm Feeney & Kuwamura, P.A. in Silver Spring, we help executors and trustees fulfill their obligations. We assist them with their fiduciary duties and other responsibilities and in general act as advisors to executors.

We provide probate, estate and trust administration services to people throughout the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area and Maryland, including:

To learn how our lawyers can assist with any probate, estate administration or trust administration matters, please contact our law firm.

Helping you through the probate process

Our estate planning lawyers know how to help family members and others through these difficult times and how to make the probate process go as smoothly as possible.

Some of the matters our firm handles or assists with include:

• Submitting Wills to the probate court
• Gathering, documenting and appraising estate assets including insurance and retirement benefits
• Collecting payments due to the estate
• Paying funeral expenses, medical bills and other debts owed by the estate
• Ensuring that the executor is legally protected
• Selling assets as needed to finance necessary payments
• Preparing and filing income and estate tax returns
• Notifying Social Security, Civil Service, Veterans Administration and other authorities of the death

What you need to know about trust and estate administration in Maryland and Washington, D.C.

An executor or administrator, also known as a personal representative, is the individual named to implement the instructions expressed in a Will. More often than not, people called upon to serve as personal representatives have no previous experience in the role. It is a weighty and time-consuming responsibility, and can be especially challenging when there is discord among the beneficiaries of the deceased. Feeney & Kuwamura, P.A. can help mediate the situation.

A trustee is the individual named to administer the assets of a trust. Sometimes, the individual named to serve as trustee is the same person who created the trust. The trust may be for the benefit of the creator — commonly referred to as the grantor or settlor — or for the benefit of others.

Regardless of whom the named beneficiaries of trusts are, the trustee has a fiduciary duty to administer the trust in accordance with the terms as written in the document, as well as the applicable state and federal laws. It is imperative that one give careful consideration to the selection of the individual or individuals named to serve as trustee of any trust.

Conscientious and caring attorneys based in Silver Spring, MD

We are detail-oriented and knowledgeable about probate and estate administration. Our attorneys have nearly six decades of combined experience. In addition, before going into private practice, attorney Diane K. Kuwamura worked as a law clerk for the Register of Wills for Montgomery County, where Wills are probated.

Serving Maryland and Washington, D.C.

Our lawyers have decades of experience in estate administration and probate and are prepared to assist estate plan executors with all legal issues in these emotional times. Serving Washington, D.C. and all of Maryland, Feeney & Kuwamura, P.A. is ready to counsel you after your loved one's passing. Call us at (301) 587-2240 or contact our law firm online to begin moving forward.