Welcome to Cheryl N. Smith Law
Welcome to Cheryl N. Smith Law
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We are proud to offer quality, competent and experienced legal services to Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Attorney Cheryl N. Smith has twenty four years experience in the areas of estate planning, estate settlement , probate and trust administration, business planning, guardianships and conservatorships, elder law , medicaid planning and disability law .
Located in Old Lyme, CT, Attorney Smith is happy to meet with you at your home. She is also currently conducting telephone conferences and Zoom conferences to accommodate clients.
Estate Planning
Estate Planning
Estate Planning includes all aspects of ensuring your assets are held in accordance with your wishes to meet lifetime goals and for the seamless transition upon your death. Wills, Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts, Advance Directives and Durable Powers of Attorney are all integral parts of a successful estate plan.
Estate Settlement
Estate Settlement
The death of a loved one can be a stressful and trying time for everyone in your family. Our goal is to make the settlement of a loved one's estate as simple as possible, and make the process as stress free as possible. We will handle all required Probate Court filings, contact financial institutions, assist with consolidating assets, coordinate tax filings and guide you through the ultimate distribution of the estate.
Business Planning
Business Planning
Whether you need to establish a small business, or are looking to put a succession plan in place to ensure a smooth transition of your existing business should you need to exit the business, and all matters that may arise in between, we can help you with putting the necessary legal framework in place, including legal documents and filings with the Secretary of State.
Guardianships
Guardianships
When it becomes necessary to obtain a Guardianship or Conservatorship over a loved one due to physical or mental incapacity, we can help. Obtaining a Guardianship can be an emotionally exhausting process and we aim to make it as smooth a process as possible by working with the medical professionals involved, handling all filings with the Probate Court, and guiding you through what may be a difficult transition.
Elder Law
Elder Law
Whether you are a senior citizen planning for your own future, or a child seeking guidance for how they can best help an aging parent, it is our priority to ensure that our society's elder generation has the resources they need to live their best life, whether that means creating a long term plan to keep them in their homes as long as possible, or transitioning to skilled nursing care. We can help with all stages of elder law, including planning for nursing home care and applying for Medicaid for long term care.
Disability Law
Disability Law
When an individual has a disability, resources may be quickly depleted in caring for such individual. We can establish a plan for preserving family assets and resources, while preserving the availability of public benefits through the use of supplemental needs trusts and special needs trusts.
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
Attorney Cheryl N. Smith has over 24 years experience in complex estate planning. Her practice focuses on the many different aspects of estate planning, including wealth preservation for multigenerational families, taxation, probate administration, closely held business planning and elder law. She is experienced in implementing a full range of estate planning structures from the essential core documents, such as wills, health care proxies and durable powers of attorney, to complex documents for affluent individuals, families and small business owners, including various types of revocable and irrevocable trusts, buy/sell agreements, family limited liability company documents, prenuptial agreements and private foundations. As part of her estate and probate administration practice, Cheryl has represented fiduciaries in the administration of substantial estates, including the preparation of estate tax returns for estates with complex valuation and estate tax issues.
Cheryl has also represented elderly and disabled clients and their families in guardianship matters, in implementing supplemental needs trusts and special needs trusts, in maximizing the availability of benefits such as Medicaid while preserving family assets, in the preparation and filing of Medicaid applications, and has successfully appealed denied Medicaid applications before the Medicaid Board of Hearings.
As a mother through adoption and assisted reproduction, Cheryl is particularly in tune with the unique estate planning needs of diverse and non-traditional families, including but not limited to families with adopted children, foster children, step-children and families built through Assisted Reproductive Technologies. Her practice is open and welcoming to all.
Cheryl received her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 2000, cum laude, and her B.A. from Boston University in 1995. She is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Tennessee.
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