SunCrest Law / Families & individuals
Most people call a lawyer because something has already happened — a parent is slipping, a sibling is fighting, a contractor walked off the job, someone died and left a mess. We handle all of it, and we also handle the planning that keeps the next thing from becoming an emergency.
Few people arrive knowing the name of the thing they need. Find the situation that sounds like yours.
A parent with dementia, an adult child with a disability, a spouse after a stroke. If documents are already in place, we help the person named step into the role. If nothing was signed in time, that means guardianship or conservatorship through the court, and we handle those start to finish.
The conversation nobody wants to start. We work through what happens if your mother or father needs care, who is allowed to speak to the doctor and the bank, how the house is handled, and what Medicaid planning does and does not do.
Probate in Utah is more manageable than most people expect, but it has deadlines and it has traps, particularly when there is real property, a family business, or an heir who disagrees. We can run the whole process or step in only where you are stuck.
Wills, revocable trusts, powers of attorney, and health care directives — assembled as one package so the documents agree with each other, and reviewed against how your accounts and property are actually titled. Titling is what causes most plans to fail, and it is the part DIY forms leave out.
A departing missionary needs someone able to sign, pay, file, and handle whatever comes up at home for two years. It is a short, inexpensive document, and it is far easier to sign before departure than to fix from abroad.
A contractor who disappeared mid-project, a landlord withholding a deposit, an employer who stopped paying, a company treating you as a contractor when you were not one. We tell you honestly what the claim is worth before you spend anything chasing it.
If what you are dealing with is not on this list, call anyway. Part of the first conversation is sorting out which kind of problem you have — and whether it is one that needs a lawyer at all.
Most family work carries a flat fee. You get the number in writing before anything starts, and it does not move because a matter took longer than expected.
Where a flat fee is not honest — contested guardianships, disputes that may or may not reach a courtroom — we bill hourly and tell you so up front, with an estimate of the range and what would push it to the high end.
Either way, you will never get an invoice for a phone call you did not know was billable.
Tell us what is going on. You will get an honest answer about whether you need an attorney at all, and whether this is the right firm for it.
You get the plan and the fee — flat where it fits, hourly where it does not — so you decide before anything starts.
Documents drafted, filings made, matters handled. You work directly with the attorney on your matter, start to finish.
Succession, buy-sell agreements, and getting an ownership interest into a trust correctly are the same conversation as the estate plan, not a separate one. We handle both sides, so the plan and the company agree with each other.
The first conversation is free and there is no obligation. You do not need to know what the thing is called before you call about it.
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