Estate Planning Attorney in Farmington, Utah
Complete flat-fee estate plans for Farmington families. Trust funding and deed preparation included — we don't leave you to finish the paperwork alone.
Farmington has grown substantially over the past decade, especially around Station Park and the newer developments on the west side of the city. Many of the families we work with in Farmington are relatively recent homeowners — five to fifteen years in — with a new or recently-built home, growing retirement accounts, and young-to-middle-school-age children. This combination makes the estate planning conversation more practical than abstract, because the value at stake is concrete and the reasons for planning are present in the household every day.
Our office is in North Salt Lake at 1010 North 500 East, Suite 200 — roughly 15 minutes south of Farmington on Interstate 15. Take I-15 south from Exit 322 (Park Lane) or Exit 325 (Shepard Lane), exit at 315, and we are one block east.
A complete estate plan for a Farmington family
Most Farmington clients work with us on a complete estate planning package that includes:
- A revocable living trust — to hold your home, investment accounts, and other non-retirement assets.
- A pour-over will — with guardian nomination for minor children and a residuary clause that catches anything left outside the trust.
- Financial and healthcare powers of attorney — for both spouses.
- A Utah Advance Health Care Directive — under the current 2026 statute.
- Trust funding guidance, — including preparation of a new deed to transfer your Farmington home into your trust, plus instructions for retitling investment accounts.
The trust funding component is where many attorneys stop short — they draft the documents but leave the actual transfer work to the client. We include the deed for your home as part of the standard package, recorded with the Davis County Recorder so your home is legally inside the trust when the documents are signed.
The trust funding conversation — especially important for new homeowners
If you have purchased or built a home in Farmington in the past few years, funding that home into a trust is one of the most important things you can do. Here is why:
A Utah home titled in your personal name — or jointly with your spouse — goes through Davis County probate when the owner passes away. Even with a will naming your spouse or children as the beneficiary, the home cannot simply be transferred to them without a probate case. That case takes months, involves the Second District Court in Farmington, and is a matter of public record.
A home titled in a revocable living trust bypasses this entirely. When the owner passes, the successor trustee — typically the surviving spouse or an adult child — takes over the trust and transfers the property to beneficiaries privately, usually in a matter of weeks.
For recent Farmington home purchases where you are still getting your lives organized around the new property, this is a natural time to get the estate plan in place. We handle the deed transfer as part of the plan so nothing is left undone.
Digital assets and the Utah RUFADAA statute
Utah adopted the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act in 2016, which governs how your executor or trustee can access your email, social media, cryptocurrency, and other online accounts after your death. Without specific language in your will and trust authorizing access, your fiduciary may be blocked from recovering digital assets even if they have physical access to your computer.
Modern Farmington estate plans should include:
- Specific authorization language for digital assets in both the will and trust
- A separate memorandum listing key accounts (not passwords — a password manager is a better tool for that)
- Coordination with any crypto or online brokerage holdings so your successor trustee can actually access what you own
This is a small addition to the plan but one that has become meaningfully important over the past several years as more family wealth ends up in digital accounts.
Where your plan lives in Davis County
Farmington residents do not need to think much about probate if the plan is properly funded — but it is worth knowing the landscape. The Davis County Recorder's office, where deeds transferring real property to your trust are recorded, is located at the Davis County Administration Building at 61 South Main Street in Farmington. The Second District Court, which handles probate cases if probate becomes necessary, is at 800 West State Street in Farmington. Both are within a few minutes of most Farmington neighborhoods.
The point of a funded trust is that your family never has to go to either building on your estate's behalf.
Getting to our office from Farmington
Interstate 15 is the fastest route:
- From Exit 322 (Park Lane) or Exit 325 (Shepard Lane), head south on I-15
- Exit at 315 (Center Street / 2600 South, North Salt Lake)
- East one block to 500 East, south to the office
About 15 minutes from most Farmington neighborhoods. We also offer video consultations for the initial meeting and document review stages — most of the process can happen without a drive.
Frequently Asked Questions — Farmington Estate Planning
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We serve Farmington, Kaysville, Fruit Heights, and the surrounding Davis County communities with complete flat-fee estate plans that include trust funding and deed preparation as part of the package.