Poughkeepsie, New York Estate Planning and Real Estate Attorneys
At Dietz & Dietz, LLP, we provide a broad range of services to clients throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley. Our attorneys have a combined 54 years of experienced. We are second and third generation attorneys with longstanding ties to the community. To find out more about the services we offer, please contact us to schedule an appointment regarding your estate planning, elder law, trusts and wills, probate and estate administration and real estate needs. Some of our practice areas include:
- Probate & Estate Administration -Our firm practices extensively in Probate and Estate Administration. Estate Administration is the legal process by which a person's debts are paid and assets are distributed upon her or his death. Lawyers refer to the entity that owns the deceased's assets until those assets are distributed as an "estate." Estate Administration includes the probate process as well as non-probate transfers of the deceased's assets. Probate is the Court proceeding through which last Will and Testament is proved to be valid and the estate of a decedent is administered. The process, generally, includes collecting decedent's assets, liquidating liabilities, paying necessary taxes and distributing property to the heirs of the decedent. The distribution of the decedent's estate is directed by the decedent's Last Will and Testament, as well as by State laws.
- Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning -Our firm handles Estate Planning matters, which is the area dealing with the distribution of an individual's property at his or her death, taking into account Wills, Trusts, including Revocable Living Trusts and Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, taxes, insurance and property so as to gain maximum benefit of all laws. Our attorneys work extensively with our clients to advise them of the estate planning method that will best carry out the person's wishes.
- Real Estate -Our firm represents both individual and commercial clients in all proceedings and transactions that deal with real property-land and the structures attached to it-including purchase and sale, construction, mortgages, foreclosures and refinances, leases, zoning, title examinations, quiet title actions, closings and management.
- Business Organizations-The form of business chosen for a business entity potentially affects every aspect of its operations. Our firm assists our clients in formation and business planning in deciding whether they want to operate as a closely held business, limited liability company (an "LLC"), partnership, or corporation. We advise our clients about directors' and officers' liability, dissolution, franchising, reorganization, trade association membership and activity, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, business successions, and shareholders' rights.
- Criminal-Our firm has extensive experience defending the rights of people arrested and accused of criminal offenses. We handle all types of criminal cases, including minor infractions and misdemeanors as well as felonies such as, drunk driving, drug possession, narcotics sales, theft and grand larceny, white collar fraud, and conspiracy.
- Family Law-Our firm handles a full range of Family Law matters including adoption, premarital agreements, paternity, custody, and support.
- Business & Commercial law- We provide a wide variety of services to our business clients from assisting in selecting the type of organizational entity under which to operate, preparation of agreements, sale and purchase of businesses, obtaining financing and funding for business operations, and employee relations, to dissolution.
- Child Support
- Custody/Visitation
- DUI/DWI
- Elder Law
- Landlord Tenant
- Nursing Home
We are a full service estate planning and real estate law firm. We offer free initial consultations, but may require partial payment before any work is completed on your estate plan. We also accept Visa and MasterCard. Contact us to schedule a free consultation and to discuss your fee arrangement.
