Attorneys At Law
Glatstein & O'Brien LLP - Denver, Colorado, Probate, Elder Law and Estate Planning Law Firm.
Why should you choose our firm? Simply put, we know how to help you achieve your goals. At most law firms, probate, elder law and estate planning are only a small part of their legal practices. At Glatstein & O'Brien LLP, these matters are our entire practice.
Another important asset is our experience, achievement of the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell. Last, but just as important, is our passion for what we do. We want to be the law firm that serves all of your estate planning needs.
To schedule a consultation with a lawyer at Glatstein & O'Brien LLP. Contact us by e-mail or call our Denver, Colorado, law offices at 303-731-3986.
If you can't come to see us, don't worry. If you have limited mobility, the attorneys of Glatstein & O'Brien LLP are happy to meet at any Denver metro area location convenient to you. Our legal practice includes: Estate planning, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, special needs planning and Medicaid planning; Elder law, including contested or uncontested guardianships and conservatorships; Probate administration, including creditors' claims and ancillary probate; Probate litigation of will contests, trust disputes, and claims alleging breach of fiduciary duty or abuses of power of attorney instruments
Our Practice:
What We Can Do for You
At Glatstein & O'Brien LLP, our law practice focuses on three things: Helping people plan for future events and end-of-life scenarios; Protecting our clients' interests during the probate administration process; Resolving probate disputes and litigation effectively while keeping costs and delays to a minimum.
Estate planning, probate and elder law are best accomplished by working with an experienced attorney who truly understands these legal areas. At Glatstein & O'Brien LLP, this is what we do.
Get thoughtful responses to your questions, knowledgeable guidance and legal representation you can depend on. Contact Glatstein & O'Brien LLP to schedule a consultation.
If you have limited mobility, we are happy to meet at a Denver metro area location convenient to you.
Estate Planning
Comprehensive estate planning organizes your assets and gives you a chance to make crucial end-of-life decisions for yourself. It can save your family or beneficiaries untold amounts of stress, delay and expense. We provide a broad range of essential estate planning tools to meet your individual needs and goals: Wills; Trusts; Powers of attorney; Living wills/healthcare proxies; Anatomical gift declarations; Body disposition or burial instructions; Special needs planning.
Elder Law
We help seniors and their families cope with the issues most relevant to them, including guardianships and conservatorships (both non-contested and contested), Medicaid planning, long-term care issues, and estate planning.
Probate and Estate Administration
The qualified probate lawyers at our firm advise people during the process of settling a family member's estate, paying off creditors and distributing remaining estate properties in accordance with an existing will or trust document. We also represent fiduciaries and creditors. Finally, we are available to assist clients with ancillary probate.
Our firm represents family members as well as executors, personal representatives and other fiduciaries in will contests, trust disputes and other probate litigation. These can involve allegations regarding lack of testamentary capacity, undue influence, breach of fiduciary duty, or abuse of a power of attorney.
We represent clients in the Denver metro area, throughout Colorado and from across the country.
Contested Guardianships & Conservatorships Create a Workable Solution for Families
When a person has become legally incapable of making independent decisions and failed beforehand to create a financial or medical durable power of attorney, the court may be asked to appoint a legal guardian or conservator to manage that person's personal and financial affairs.
Most times, the probate court will grant this power to a spouse, an adult child, a sibling of the person, or an independent third party professional. At Glatstein & O'Brien LLP, located in Denver, Colorado, we represent people during a contested guardianship and conservatorship. We facilitate resolutions of disputes that meet the needs of a disabled family member. Contact one of our attorneys to learn more about protecting a loved one who suffered a disability.
Contested Guardianship and Conservatorship Issues Many divided families end up in court fighting over who should be appointed as legal guardian and conservator. Sometimes families work together, but many times ongoing family disputes make mutual cooperation difficult if not impossible. Our firm assists people in a variety of contested guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. Some of the issues we handle include: Whether an individual is incapacitated to the extent that a guardian or conservator needs to be appointed; Who should serve as guardian or conservator; Allegations of conservatorship and guardianship fraud or abuse.
Causes of Conservator and Guardianship Contests
Contested conservatorship and guardianship proceedings often result from long-standing divisions within a family. The primary issues for family members frequently revolve around money and control. The primary issues for the individual who is the subject of these proceedings are frequently that person's reluctance to relinquish control and who that person wishes to make decisions for them if a guardian or conservator is appointed.
Our lawyers focus on creating resolutions in the best interest of the disabled person, while fostering family harmony to the extent reasonably possible. We seek to create workable solutions for families involved in a contested guardianship and conservatorship.
Take care of your estate planning and probate concerns today. To set up an appointment, call Glatstein & O'Brien LLP at 303-731-3986. For more information, contact Glatstein & O'Brien LLP. We represent families throughout the Denver metro area, including people in Boulder, the Front Range, Aurora, and Jefferson County.
