Herbst Law Group

Comprehensive estate planning provides you with peace of mind that your intentions will be carried out upon your death, or during a period of incapacity. Planning for the cost of long-term care is a critical component of creating your estate or retirement plan. Gorfinkle & Herbst can help with MassHealth and Medicaid planning, as well as with MassHealth applications.

Comprehensive estate planning provides you with peace of mind that your intentions will be carried out upon your death or during a period of incapacity. Advanced estate planning can reduce the stress related to a difficult period of time and make it easier for your loved ones to manage your loss.

In addition to ensuring that your intentions are carried out, the attorneys at Herbst Law Group look for ways to minimize administration costs and delays.Our attorneys are trained tax attorneys and are uniquely positioned to ensure the tax efficiency of your plan and identify and take advantage of all opportunities to minimize taxes.

After the death of a loved one it may be necessary to administer a probate estate, trust, and file estate tax returns. The attorneys at the Herbst Law Group are experienced in bringing legal matters through both formal probate and informal probate. We guide our clients in choosing the type of probate administration that will most effectively minimize costs and delays while vesting clear title to property in the beneficiaries of the estate.

Planning for the cost of long-term elder care is a critical component of estate planning and retirement planning. It is not uncommon for the cost of such care to be between $10,000 and $12,000/month in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Some estimates are that, today, 70 percent of adults turning 65 will need some type of long-term care.*

For business owners, small or large, estate planning is intricately tied into business succession planning. We present options and structures to family owned businesses so that a future divorce, untimely death or incapacity, or other potentially disruptive event can be planned for and mitigated. Establishment of family partnerships and holding companies for minimization of estate and gift taxes.