Reno Estate Planning Attorney

Estate planning is a set of instructions for the people you leave behind. Done well, it is unremarkable — assets pass the way you intended, decisions are already made, and nobody argues.

Done poorly, or not at all, Nevada law decides for you, and the people you cared about spend a year in probate guessing at what you would have wanted. Chris Rusby writes plans for Reno families. He also handles probate — both when someone left no plan at all, and when an existing plan needs to be carried out.

Plans, documents, and probate

• Wills
• Revocable living trusts
• Powers of attorney
• Advance health care directives
• Trust funding and asset titling
• Probate administration
• Estate and trust disputes
• Plan reviews after a life change

How it works

1. ConversationFamily, assets, and what you want to happen. The plan follows from that, not from a form.
2. RecommendationSome families need a simple will; others are better served by a trust. We explain the tradeoff plainly.
3. Drafting and signingDocuments prepared, reviewed with you, and executed with the formalities Nevada requires.
4. Funding and reviewA trust only works if your assets are actually moved into it. We make sure everything is retitled properly, and we revisit the plan after major life changes.