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Our Georgia Probate Law Firm Provides Top Level, Compassionate Service.

Georgia Probate Law Group is a compassionate, dynamic Georgia probate law firm on a mission to make the probate and estate process fair and straightforward for our clients.

We work to make the process peaceful and efficient when possible, and we negotiate disputes and litigate them aggressively if necessary.

Our passion for probate comes from a very personal experience.

Our founding attorney, Erik Broel, lost his uncle when he was in college. He watched his aunt go through a very challenging experience.

His uncle didn’t leave a will, and his aunt didn’t know how to manage the estate.

As a result, chaos erupted in the family, creating confusion and discord at a moment in time when the family needed peace and unity.

Although Erik tried to help, he had to watch, mostly helpless, as his aunt put on an estate sale and tried to sell her possessions when what she really needed was space to deal with her grief.

To make matters worse, his aunt had to buy her house back from the estate since Erik’s “old-fashioned” uncle had kept the title in his name.

Watching his aunt being pushed around in a wheelchair — because she was too overwhelmed by the chaos of the estate and grief-stricken to stand — formed an indelible impression on Erik and inspired him to his life’s work.

He decided his mission would be to help others avoid the indignities and frustrations that his aunt had to endure.

As soon as Erik finished law school, he knew right away that he wanted to work on Georgia probate law matters and help people like his aunt.

Consequently, he recruited a fantastic legal team to build the Georgia Probate Law Group and rally around this important mission.

WHAT WE DO FOR OUR CLIENTS

Our clients can trust us to provide levelheaded, strategic guidance on how to handle their estates and deal with any disputes that might arise.

Uncontested Estates - Estate Administration

Clients often come to us for help with uncontested probate, the process of transferring assets in an orderly fashion from the estate to creditors, heirs, and beneficiaries.

It is our mission to keep this process simple, easy to understand, and low-stress. GPLG is always here to answer your questions.

Our probate law firm can also assist if you need help shepherding a business from generation to generation.

Maybe you’ve recently lost your husband or wife, and you need help sorting through everything. Or maybe you want to protect the estate from creditors or sell the estate’s property.

Georgia Probate Group can help you leverage Georgia law to protect your assets.

Trust Administration

Your loved one may have established a trust.

This is a legal agreement to hold and distribute property to beneficiaries, to protect those assets from probate and tax consequences, and to make transfers simpler after death.

After the person who made the trust dies, another person, known as the trustee, manages the trust and ensures that beneficiaries receive the assets in a proper manner in accordance with Georgia trust laws.

During this process, concerns can arise.

The trustee, for instance, may be unsure how to interpret a certain provision of the trust or may have trouble inventorying what’s in the trust, evaluating assets, or preparing key documents.

Our legal team can ensure excellent communication, compliance with Georgia law, and fair treatment for all beneficiaries while ensuring the trustee observes all fiduciary duties.

Contested Estates - Disputes and Litigation

Our goal is to ensure fairness and help our clients feel back in control of what’s happening.

Disagreements over the estate or trust process can lead to a situation known as a contested estate.

Perhaps the executor in charge of the will has been acting suspiciously or withholding information. Or maybe family members are fighting over property or over what to do about a particular asset.

Georgia Probate Law Group can help you deal with the contested probate peacefully, if possible, or leverage powerful negotiation and litigation strategies, if necessary.

We can fight to prevent a wrongdoer from trying to convince the probate court to accept a fraudulent will, take advantage of the estate, flout the deceased’s wishes, or unfairly take or misappropriate estate property.

Trust Disputes

Trust disputes, also sometimes called fiduciary litigation or trust litigation, generally arise when the trustee and the beneficiaries come into conflict somehow.

For instance, perhaps the trustee failed to communicate important information or stopped distribution without justification.

Or maybe the beneficiary believes that the property in trust has been mismanaged or misappropriated.

Our probate law firm can help you strategically negotiate or aggressively litigate a solution that leads to a fair result.

ABOUT GEORGIA PROBATE LAW GROUP

Handling an estate can feel like stumbling in a dark room looking for a light switch. We can help you find it.