Estate Planning

Estate Planning Services

If you are in the process of building your family through adoption or assisted reproductive technologies, you will face particular estate planning needs that are not common to all families. For example, unlike many other estate planning attorneys, we are familiar with issues regarding frozen eggs and embryos. Claiborne, Outman & Surmay, is taking the lead to ensure that our estate planning services cover provisions for frozen embryos, sperm, and eggs.

At the Atlanta, Georgia, adoption and reproductive technologies law firm of Claiborne, Outman & Surmay, P.C., we provide estate planning strategies and services tailored to meet the unique needs of your family. Senior partner Jim Outman handles our estate planning, and he personally understands the needs of families with adopted children. Mr. Outman is the parent of an adopted child and a child born with Down syndrome, and is the founding president of the Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta. Mr. Outman also has more than thirty-five years of estate planning experience.

If you have an adopted child, a child with special needs, or are seeking guardianship of a child or incapacitated adult, you will not find another estate planning lawyer in all of Georgia with a more unique set of qualifications and experiences than Jim Outman. Contact our offices to schedule an opportunity to meet with Mr. Outman to discuss your estate planning goals.

We do much more than just draft wills

Estate planning involves much more than pulling a form out of a file cabinet. This is especially true for families with children who are adopted or families with children who have special needs. We take the time to understand what your current estate plan and financial picture looks like in order to draft estate planning documents that secure your family's future. Our attorneys want to get to know you, and how you want your future to look for your beneficiaries. We know that ensuring the care of your special needs child or incapacitated adult will be one of your highest priorities. We can help you establish a special needs trust and administer the distribution of assets to your loved one. Many of our services are offered on a fixed-fee basis.

We offer sound estate planning advice and comprehensive services such as:

•· Testamentary trusts

•· Wills

•· Special needs trusts

•· Guardianships

•· Powers of attorney, financial and medical

•· Advance health care directives, living wills

•· Estate administration

Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Estate Planning

Claiborne, Outman & Surmay, is taking the lead in a new area of the law focused on estate planning for our clients' frozen embryos, sperm, and eggs. We will help create an estate plan that covers these important assets, clearly expressing your wishes so as to minimize future conflict.

Contact the estate planning lawyers at Claiborne, Outman & Surmay in Atlanta, Georgia, to discuss your needs regarding asset preservation and distribution for future generations.