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Jake Slowik
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At Slowik Estate Planning, my goal is to get to know you, your family, and your business, and build a life-long working relationship.
Estate planning often engenders stress, confusion, and apprehension. I have dedicated my practice to providing clients with peace of mind through trusted legal counsel. My personal background has instilled in me a deep commitment to offering this vital service to families in similar circumstances.
By developing custom legal solutions together, we will protect your loved ones' well-being and safeguard your assets.
Let's talk today about creating your legacy for tomorrow.
Practice Areas
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Most matters are billed on a flat fee arrangement. More complex matters including probate and trust litigation are billed at an hourly rate.
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Georgia
- State Bar of Georgia
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 5158670
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Languages
- English
Professional Experience
- Associate
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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- Commercial Real Estate Attorney
Education
- Harvard Law School
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- Cornell University
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Professional Associations
- State Bar of Georgia
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Articles & Publications
- Estate Planning in 2024: Why Your Will and Trust Need Urgent Attention
- Slowik Estate Planning
- Small Law; Big Success
- Edward Elgar
Certifications
- Estate Planning and Fiduciary Section
- Georgia Bar Association
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11 Questions Answered
- Q. Do I need to redo my wills and POA after moving from Florida to Georgia?
- A: Your Florida will likely works, but a Georgia-formatted update will streamline probate and adjust for any state-specific nuances. Georgia probate judges strongly prefer wills that meet Georgia’s self-proving format. With a FL will, a witness may have to testify, an avoidable delay and cost.
Florida splits a Living Will and Health-Care Surrogate into two separate documents. Georgia combines them in one document called an Advance Directive for Health Care. Updating ensures local hospitals and physicians immediately recognize the format.
I recommend you consult an estate planning lawyer to make the Georgia updates.
- Q. How to determine FMV of home for probate after parents' passings without right of survivorship?
- A: A Georgia deed that is silent about survivorship creates a tenancy in common by default. Using your numbers, your father’s 50% interest would have been valued at $37,500 in his estate. However, part or all of that interest may have passed to your mother—either under his will, if he had one, or through Georgia’s intestacy laws and the year’s support statute if he died without a will ("intestate"). If your father’s estate was never probated, you will likely need to open two probate cases—one for each parent—which can often be handled together for efficiency if all five heirs are the same. In Dad’s probate, the court will appoint a guardian ad litem to represent your mother’s ... Read More
- Q. How can I access estate sale and inheritance information in Georgia?
- A: First, check with the Probate Court in the county where your father lived to confirm whether probate was opened. If so, request copies of all of the probate records, including the petition and accounting/reports to the court, if filed. If you are a beneficiary under the will or an intestate heir (if there was no will), you can formally request a full accounting from your sister. If she refuses, you may file a petition for accounting in the probate court. If you believe your sister is hiding information or mismanaging assets, hire a GEORGIA Probate Attorney, who can: demand an accounting, compel production of records, and/or petition to remove or surcharge the executor for breach of fiduciary ... Read More
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