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Estate & Probate Services

Estate & Probate Services

Acarkan Law provides global estate and probate legal services for individuals and families with assets, heirs, or legal matters in more than one jurisdiction. With legal qualifications in England, Ireland, and Turkey, as well as New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Washington, D.C. in the United States, we help clients address cross-border estate planning, probate, inheritance, and asset transfer issues with coordinated legal guidance across multiple legal systems.

  • We assist clients in preparing wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, and related estate planning documents designed to protect assets and provide clear instructions for the future. For clients with assets, business interests, or family members in multiple countries, we help structure estate plans that consider cross-border ownership, inheritance rules, tax concerns, and practical transfer issues.

  • We guide executors, administrators, beneficiaries, and family members through probate and estate administration matters from the initial court filings through the final distribution of assets. Our services include identifying and collecting estate property, addressing creditor claims, communicating with beneficiaries, coordinating tax-related issues, and resolving administrative concerns, including matters involving assets or heirs located in different jurisdictions.

  • We advise trustees, executors, administrators, and other fiduciaries regarding their legal duties and responsibilities in managing estate or trust assets. Our services include guidance on asset management, beneficiary communications, accountings, distributions, fiduciary decision-making, and dispute prevention, including matters involving beneficiaries or assets located in more than one jurisdiction.

  • We represent clients in contested estate matters involving disputes among heirs, challenges to wills, fiduciary misconduct, undue influence, capacity issues, and disagreements over the ownership or distribution of estate assets. For families with international ties, we help address disputes where documents, beneficiaries, witnesses, or assets may be located across borders, requiring careful coordination and strategic representation.