Evans Petree Attorneys at Law

Tax & Estate Planning
Maximizing your assets and minimizing taxes means knowing someone whose planning can connect today to tomorrow.

About Trusts & Estates

Evans Petree's trusts and estates practice area includes a broad range of services.

We work with our individual and business clients to create unique estate plans that minimize taxes and preserve assets during the clients' lives and for future generations. Our clients include entrepreneurs, business executives, closely held business entities and owners, surviving spouses, trustees and families with home offices and multiple generations of wealth.

We regularly represent executors, trustees and administrators in probate and estate and trust administration. We assist in post-mortem tax planning and the preparation of federal and state fiduciary tax returns. We also routinely represent clients in IRS and state tax controversies and audits. Our attorneys have extensive experience in wealth transfer and succession planning, and their complementary areas of expertise offer clients a depth of knowledge.

Legal needs addressed by this practice area include but are not limited to:
  • Estate, gift and income tax planning
  • Preparation of Wills, Revocable Trusts and Irrevocable Trusts
  • Modification of Trusts
  • Personal Residence Trusts
  • Tennessee Community Property Trusts
  • Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts ("GRATs")
  • Family Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies
  • Tax Controversies Involving Individuals, Business, Trusts and Estates
  • Trust and Estate Litigation
  • Charitable Trusts
  • Private Foundations
  • Asset Protection, including preparation of Tennessee Asset Protection Trusts
  • Buy-Sell Agreements
  • Multi-Generational Trusts
  • Premarital Agreements
  • Life Insurance Planning
  • Living Wills
  • Durable Powers of Attorney for Financial Affairs and Health Care
  • Conservatorships and Guardianships
  • Qualified and Non-qualified Employee Welfare and Benefit Plans (see Employee Benefits Practice Area for full description)