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ESTATE DEBTS, CLAIMS & LIABILITIES
Bucks County Office: 
                              405 Executive Drive         Langhorne PA 19047
Estate Planning
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Estate Debts
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Estate Inventory
Estate Accounting
Estate Closing
Estate Taxes
Estate Litigation
Bucks Real Estate
Business Law
It is the responsibility of a Bucks County executor or administrator to properly evaluate any debts of the Decedent and any claims made against a Bucks County estate.  The executor or administrator should pay all valid estate debts or claims so that a lawsuit is not brought against the Bucks County estate.
 
It takes an experienced Bucks County estate attorney to help an executor or an administrator make the determination as to whether or not to compromise or negotiate a claim against an estate. A debt of a Bucks County estate can be used as a deduction on the Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax Return and the Federal Estate Tax Return.
 
In some Bucks County estates, there are more estate debts than estate assets.  Under Pennsylvania estate law, there are mandatory procedures that must be followed if there are not sufficient estate assets to pay the estate debts.
 
Contact us if you are named as executor or administer of a Bucks County estate.
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Our office is located in lower Bucks County on the border of Newtown and Langhorne, PA. We represent individuals, married couples, Executors, Administrators, and Trustees throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  We represent clients in Philadelphia, Montgomery County, Chester County, and Delaware County, Pennsylvania and residents in Mercer County, Hunterdon County, Middlesex County, Ocean County, Burlington County, and Camden County, NJ.   Local Bucks County towns include Bensalem, Bristol, Buckingham, Doylestown, Fallsington, Ivyland, Langhorne, Lower Makefield, Southampton, Morrisville, New Britain, New Hope, Newtown, Solebury, Upper Makefield, Warminster, Warrington, Warwick, Wrightstown, Yardley, PA.  Local New Jersey towns include Ewing, Hamilton, Hopewell, Hightstown, Lawrence Township, Lawrenceville, Pennington, Mercerville, Princeton, Titusville, Trenton, West Trenton, Windsor, and Yardville, NJ.
Our law firm is committed to providing the highest level of client service. From its inception, our attorneys have placed an emphasis on providing legal services that make sense from the client's perspective.