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Misinformation, misunderstandings, and mistakes pervade the area of Estate Law in Pennsylvania.

  • To a great extent in today's world, misinformation in Pennsylvania regarding critical legal terms such as beneficiaries, heirs, inheritance, inheritance tax, estates, estate tax, probate, avoiding probate, small estates, simple wills, living wills, last wills, and living trusts (to name just a few), can lead to misunderstandings with Estate Planning.
  • These misunderstandings of the critical terms in Pennsylvania Estate Planning, in turn, can lead to mistakes in Estate Planning, which, can, again, in turn, can lead to unintended results after one's death with respect to their Estate Planning. In an effort to eliminate such misinformation, misunderstandings, and mistakes, and as a primer in very simple terms of the basic, core issues of Estate Law, Estate Planning, and Estate Administration, please view the links contained in the colored links at the bottom of every page of my Website.

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Probate Process~Estate Administration~Estate Taxes~Intestate Rights~Misinformation Review

Serving clients by providing quality and timely legal services in the areas of Estate Planning Law (Powers of Attorney, Living Wills, Trusts, Wills); Estate Administration Law (Probate, Ancillary Probate, Inheritance, Taxation, Settlement); Guardianship Law (Proceedings, Administration); and Burial and Cemetery Law.  Mr. Whalen serves clients in Chester County PA, in Delaware County PA, in Montgomery County PA, and in Philadelphia County PA, and Mr. Whalen has served clients in Ambler PA, in Andorra PA, in Ardmore PA, in Aston PA, in Audubon PA, in Avondale PA, in Berwyn PA, in Blue Bell PA, in Bridgeport PA, in Broomall PA, in Bryn Mawr PA, in Chadds Ford PA, in Chester Springs PA, in Chesterbrook PA, in Coatesville PA, in Collegeville PA, in Conshohocken PA, in Daylesford PA, in Devon PA, in Downingtown PA, in Doylestown PA, in Drexel Hill PA, in Eagleville PA, in East Brandywine PA, in Easttown PA, in Elkins Park PA, in Exton PA, in Fort Washington PA, in Frazer PA, in Glenside PA, in Great Valley PA, in Harleysville PA, in Haverford PA, in Havertown PA, in Jeffersonville PA, in Kennett Square PA, in King of Prussia PA, in Lansdale PA, in Limerick PA, in Linfield PA, in Linwood PA, in Lower Merion PA, in Lower Providence PA, in Malvern PA, in Media PA, in Merion PA, in Narberth PA, in Newtown Square PA, in Norristown PA, in Oaks PA, in Overbrook PA, in Oxford PA, in Paoli PA, in Parkesburg PA, in Philadelphia PA, in Phoenixville PA, in Plymouth Meeting PA, in Pottstown PA, in Radnor PA, in Ridley Park PA, in Rosemont PA, in St. Davids PA, in Springfield PA, in Strafford PA, in Swarthmore PA, in Thorndale PA, in Tredyffrin PA, in Trooper PA, in Upper Dublin PA, in Upper Merion PA, in Upper Providence PA, in Valley Forge PA, in Villanova PA, in Wayne PA, in West Brandywine PA, in West Chester PA, in Westtown PA, in Whitemarsh PA, in Willistown PA, and in Wynnewoood PA.