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The Pioneer Mountains in Southwest Montana south of Wise River

PRACTICE AREAS

Legal services offered to Butte and

surrounding Southwest Montana communities.

An estate planning attorney guiding his client

ESTATE PLANNING

Copper City Law provides the following Estate Planning services:

 

  • Asset Protection Planning

  • Estate & Gift Tax Planning

  • Last Will and Testament

  • Living Will

  • Power of Attorney

  • Revocable Living Trust

  • Medicaid Trust

  • Special Needs Trust

  • Testamentary Trust

  • Transfer on Death Deeds

  • Trusts & Gifting to Minors

  • Guardianship for Minors Nominations

  • Trust Funding Assistance & Guidance

  • Estate Plan Amendments & Reviews

Estate Planning

PROBATE & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION

Copper City Law provides the following Probate & Estate Administration services in Montana:

 

  • Personal Representative representation in Informal Probate Administration

  • Personal Representative representation in Formal Probate Administration

  • Beneficiary, Interested Party, and/or Creditor representation in Probate Administration matters

  • Ancillary Probate Administration in Montana

  • Trust Administration

  • Summary Estate Administration

  • Small Estate Administration

  • Non-Probate Estate Transfers

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*Legal representation in probate matters includes: review and interpretation of decedent’s Last Will and Testament, filing and opening a probate with the District Court, publication for creditors, estate inventory & accounting, land transfers, creditor management, estate and income tax compliance, estate distributions and re-titling to appropriate beneficiaries, and estate closure.

Reviewing Probate Documents
Probate and Estate Administration
Father and son fishing

FAMILY LAW

Copper City Law provides the following Family Law services:

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  • Divorce/Dissolution of Marriage

  • Child Custody Matters

  • Parenting Plan Amendments & Modifications

  • Adoption

  • Guardianship/Third-Party Parenting

  • Termination of Parental Rights

  • Pre-Nuptial & Post-Nuptial Agreements

Family Law

PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE LAW

Copper City Law provides the following Real Estate Law services:

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  • Deeds

  • Quiet Title

  • Easements

  • Liens

  • Leases

  • Contract For Deed

  • Transactions

  • Civil Partitions

  • HOA Documents & Organization

  • Business Entities

  • Zoning & Local Ordinances

Log cabin in Southwest Montana
Property and Real Estate Law
Filling Out Tax Form

TAX DELINQUENCY

Copper City Law provides the following Federal and State of Montana Tax Delinquency services:

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  • Individual Income Tax Delinquency counsel

  • Business Income Tax Delinquency counsel

  • Business FICA & FUTA Tax Delinquency counsel

  • Partial and Full Pay Installment Agreements

  • Offers in Compromise

  • Business Dissolution

Tax Deliquency

SMALL BUSINESS

Copper City Law provides the following Small Business law services:

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  • Business Entity Advice

  • Montana Secretary of State Registration

  • Articles of Organization/Articles of Incorporation

  • Operating Agreements

  • Bylaws

  • Business Sale, Transfer, Stock Purchase, and Redemption Agreements

Small Business Owner
Small Business
Grandmother and Grandson

GUARDIANSHIP

Copper City Law provides the following Guardianship services:

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  • Appointment of Guardian and/or Conservator for Minors

  • Appointment of Guardian and/or Conservator for Elderly, Incapacitated, or Disabled Adults

  • Temporary & Limited Guardianships and Conservatorships

  • Successor Guardian and/or Conservator Appointments

  • Annual Inventory & Accounting Services

Guardianship

Third-Party Services

Copper City Law’s Attorney, Amanda D. Hunter provides the following 3rd Party services:

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  • Guardian ad Litem Investigations & Reports in Family Law Matters, Upon Appointment by the Court

  • Visitor Services & Reports in Guardianship & Conservatorship Matters, Upon Appointment by the Court

  • Attorney For Incapacitated/Protected Person in Guardianship & Conservatorship Matters, Upon Appointment by the Court

  • Mediator Services in Divorce and Parenting Matters (may be retained by parties legal counsel or by dual pro se parties)

Meeting with a Lawyer
Third-Party Services
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