NH Trusts Attorney Services: Protect Your Assets and Plan for the Future
At Uniquely You Estate Planning, we help clients across New Hampshire create, manage, and protect trusts with expert legal guidance. A trust is a key estate planning tool that lets you control how your assets are managed and distributed, reduce taxes, and safeguard your family’s future. Our experienced trusts attorneys ensure your trusts are legally valid, customized to your needs, and aligned with your personal and financial goals.
What is a Trust?
A trust is a legal arrangement in which you, the grantor, transfer assets to a trustee who manages them for the benefit of one or more beneficiaries. Trusts are versatile estate planning tools that can help you:
- Protect assets from creditors, lawsuits, or other claims
- Provide for family members, including children, grandchildren, or other loved ones
- Reduce estate taxes and probate costs
- Plan for charitable giving or special needs of a loved one
Working with an experienced trusts attorney ensures your trust is legally valid, enforceable, and fully customized to your unique circumstances and goals.
Types of Trusts We Handle in New Hampshire
At Uniquely You Estate Planning, we help clients navigate a wide range of trusts, tailored to their personal and financial goals, including:
- Revocable Living Trusts: Flexible trusts that can be modified or revoked during your lifetime, allowing you to maintain control over your assets.
- Irrevocable Trusts: Designed to provide strong asset protection and potential tax benefits, though they cannot be easily changed once established.
- Special Needs Trusts: Protects assets for a loved one with special needs while preserving eligibility for government benefits.
- Charitable Trusts: Enables you to support charitable causes while potentially reducing estate taxes and providing financial advantages.
- Testamentary Trusts: Created through a will and activated upon your death, ensuring assets are managed and distributed according to your wishes.
Our experienced trusts attorneys ensure each trust is legally sound, compliant with New Hampshire law, and tailored to your unique circumstances.
Why Work with a Trusts Attorney?
Working with an experienced trusts attorney in New Hampshire ensures your estate plan is legally sound and tailored to your goals. A trusts attorney can help you:
- Ensure compliance with New Hampshire laws and federal regulations
- Avoid common mistakes that could invalidate your trust
- Minimize taxes and protect your assets for future generations
- Draft clear instructions for trustees to follow, preventing family disputes
- Review and update trusts as your circumstances or laws change
Partnering with a qualified trusts attorney provides peace of mind, knowing your assets and loved ones are protected according to your wishes.
How We Create and Manage Trusts
At Uniquely You Estate Planning, we guide New Hampshire residents through every step of creating and managing a trust, ensuring your assets are protected and your wishes are clearly outlined. Our process includes:
- Consultation and Goals Assessment: We start by understanding your estate planning needs, family situation, and financial goals.
- Drafting the Trust Document: We create a legally sound trust tailored to your objectives and compliant with New Hampshire law.
- Funding the Trust: We help you properly transfer assets, including real estate, accounts, and investments, into the trust.
- Trustee Guidance: We provide clear instructions and guidance to your trustee to ensure they understand their responsibilities and act according to your wishes.
- Ongoing Review: Life changes and laws evolve, so we review and update your trust as needed to keep it current and effective.
Working with a trusts attorney ensures your trust is properly structured, legally valid, and fully aligned with your long-term estate planning goals.
Protect Your Assets and Secure Your Family’s Future
Don’t leave your estate planning to chance. Partner with an experienced New Hampshire trusts attorney to create, manage, and protect your trusts
Call us today at 603-770-9135 or schedule a free consultation online to get started with a trust that safeguards your assets and ensures your wishes are followed.
Trusts Attorney FAQs
A will distributes your assets after death, while a trust can manage your assets both during your lifetime and after death. Trusts can help avoid probate, provide privacy, and protect assets for beneficiaries.
Yes. A trusts attorney ensures your trust is legally valid, properly funded, and tailored to your financial and family goals. Trusts can also complement a will for comprehensive estate planning.
The most common trusts include revocable living trusts, irrevocable trusts, special needs trusts, testamentary trusts, and charitable trusts. Each serves a different purpose depending on asset protection, taxes, or family needs.
While it is possible using online forms, trusts are complex legal documents. A trusts attorney ensures your trust complies with NH law and avoids mistakes that could invalidate it.
Funding a trust involves transferring ownership of your assets, like real estate, bank accounts, and investment, into the trust. A trusts attorney guides you through proper steps to make the trust effective.
Yes, in a revocable living trust, you can serve as trustee while you are alive. This allows you to retain control over your assets while specifying how they are managed after death.
Revocable trusts can be changed or revoked at any time while you are competent. Irrevocable trusts are generally permanent but may have some limited modification options with legal guidance.
Yes. Properly funded trusts usually avoid the probate process, allowing beneficiaries to receive assets faster and with more privacy than through a will.
Trusts may have federal tax implications and New Hampshire has no state estate tax, but certain trusts may still be subject to income tax. A trusts attorney can guide you on tax-efficient planning.
Some trusts, particularly irrevocable trusts, can offer protection from creditors, lawsuits, or other claims. A trusts attorney can advise on the best structure for your needs.
Choose someone trustworthy, responsible, and financially capable, such as a family member, friend, or professional fiduciary. You can also name a backup trustee.
A successor trustee named in your trust will take over. Naming successors ensures continuity in trust management.
Yes. Certain irrevocable trusts can help protect assets while qualifying for Medicaid or other government benefits, but careful planning with an attorney is essential.
It depends on the complexity of your assets and goals. Simple trusts may take a few weeks, while more complex estate plans with multiple trusts may take longer.
Yes. Trusts can hold assets for minors until they reach a specified age or milestone, ensuring proper management of funds.
A well-drafted trust typically remains valid if you move, but it’s recommended to review your trust with an attorney to ensure compliance with laws in your new state.
Costs vary based on complexity, type of trust, and attorney fees. While DIY options exist, working with a trusts attorney provides legal security and reduces risk of errors.
A revocable trust offers flexibility and control during your lifetime. An irrevocable trust provides asset protection and potential tax benefits. A trusts attorney can recommend the right type based on your goals.
Yes, like wills, trusts can be contested if someone believes the document is invalid or was created under duress. Proper legal drafting by an experienced attorney reduces this risk.
Contact us for questions about trusts and other estate planning documents for lifelong success.
Dawn DiManna, Esq., has over 15 years of legal experience helping clients in New Hampshire understand estate planning, elder law, asset protection, long-term care, proactive and crisis Medicaid planning, and Veterans planning. She began Uniquely You to help families discover ways to keep loved ones out of court and conflict and avoid financial collapse after a death or disability.
