No mystery, no meter running. Here is the entire process, start to finish.
It starts with a free thirty-minute conversation, by video from anywhere in Wisconsin or in person by appointment. No legal vocabulary required, and nothing to prepare. We cover your people, your property, your wishes, and your questions.
Before that call ends, you get two things: a plain-English recommendation of which documents your situation actually needs, and a flat-fee quote for the whole engagement. The quote doesn’t expire and nobody follows up with pressure.
The working session. We walk through who inherits and when, who’s in charge if you can’t be, who raises the kids, and who makes medical calls. You decide; we translate it into documents built for Wisconsin’s marital property law.
You review complete drafts at home, at your own pace, and we revise until every line says exactly what you mean. Questions between meetings get answered without a meter running, because there is no meter.
Wisconsin’s execution rules are strict about witnesses and notarization, so we run every signing as a supervised meeting. We bring the witnesses and the notary; you bring a photo ID. About an hour.
If your plan includes a trust, you also leave with specific funding instructions: which accounts to retitle, what to tell your bank, and which deeds we’re recording for you.
You get organized originals in a labeled binder, digital copies, and a letter for your family that explains what exists, where it lives, and who to call. When life changes, a quick call tells you whether the plan needs to change with it; often it doesn’t.
Most families finish in two to four weeks, and you set the pace. The legal work isn’t the slow part; deciding is. If you have a reason to move fast, a diagnosis, travel, a closing date, say so and we’ll compress the process to match your deadline.
One flat fee, quoted in the first meeting, before you commit to anything. The number depends on which documents you actually need, not how many questions you ask. No hourly bills, no surprise charges at signing, and if your situation calls for less than you expected, we’ll tell you that too.
Thirty minutes, no obligation. You’ll leave knowing exactly what your family needs and what it costs.