Linda DelaCourt Summers

Linda, a member of the Estate Planning Council of Cleveland, is an experienced estate planning, estate administration, and taxation attorney. She works with clients to achieve all of their personal and financial goals for proper and complete estate planning from the establishment of a simple trust for minor children to the complex succession planning necessary for the business owner. Linda counsels clients through the probate and estate administration process by advising the fiduciary and the decedent’s family on all aspects of a decedent’s estate. This includes the preparation and filing of the necessary probate court forms, the payment of any proper debts and expenses, the location and valuation of assets, and the seamless transfer of assets to the beneficiaries. She also focuses on all aspects of taxation, including the preparation and filing of the required federal estate tax returns and individual, estate, and trust income tax returns.