Pearland Probate Attorney Victor Sturm
 
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Pearland Probate Attorney Victor Sturm knows from experience that the loss of a loved one is a traumatic event. Sturm also knows making financial and legal decisions while grieving is extremely difficult and stressful. The Sturm Law Firm, with it's extensive probate and family relations experience, strives to lesson your stress and anxiety, making the process of probate and trust administration as easy and pain free as possible.

There are many things to be done while a family grieves the passing of a loved one.  Sturm law Firm can help sort things out and relieve a great deal of the burden.  We handle any details.  Whether someone dies with or without leaving a Will, our probate and estate administration services will give you the guidance you need to steer your loved one's estate through probate with minimal taxes, court costs and expense.

The Sturm Law Firm works with executors, personal representatives, trustees, and other fiduciaries in all aspects of estate administration. We are committed to the delivery of probate and trust administration services with a sensitivity to the special concerns of our clients.

Sturm Law Firm services include:
  • Collecting all probate property of the decedent
  • Collecting all rights to income, dividends, etc.
  • Preparation and filing of all necessary Probate Court filings
  • Representation of clients in all Probate and Tax Court proceedings
  • Postmortem planning, including effective use of tax elections and disclaimers
  • Advice with respect to any challenges to the decedent’s will or trust
  • Advice with respect to any disputes among estate beneficiaries or between beneficiaries and the executor
    We will work with your successor to complete the process as quickly as possible, while minimizing family disharmony
  • Distributing or transferring the remaining property to the heirs
  • Postmortem planning for non-U.S. citizen spouses

The Sturm Law Firm also provides a full range of litigation representation.  Effective representation in disputes involving the validity of a will, the legality of terms in a will, the appropriate division of assets, fiduciary liability, creditor claims, trust issues, and gift, death and fiduciary income tax, requires an experienced probate litigation attorney.  Victor Sturm regularly represent clients in probate and estate litigation.

Pearland Probate Attorney Victor Sturm has the knowledge and experience to assist you with everything from simple administration to the most troublesome issues.  Whether the planning for the estate with which you need assistance was done by the Sturm law Firm or another firm, or there was no planning for it at all, we will go to work to help you efficiently and effectively protect and distribute the assets