Family Law

• Divorce
• Premarital Agreement
  Perhaps you have children from a previous marriage... and your current spouse has children from a previous marriage. Or only one of you has children from a previous marriage but you have a child now with your current spouse. There are a variety of scenarios that fall into the “blended family” category. Whatever your situation, blended families offer unique challenges. Life is uncertain. Every blended family should take time to review previous wills, prenuptial agreements, and trusts (for themselves or children) and make adjustments, updates, and amendments as needed. There is no time like the present to make sure your assets and loved ones are protected if anything should happen to you.

Health Law

• Auto Accidents

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  This is where you’ll find useful information such as “What to Do Upon the Death of a Loved One”.  If you have questions about whether you should attend to your estate planning, take the “Estate Planning Wellness Quiz”.  Feel free to reach out to me for more information or about any related estate planning questions.
• Wills
  Time flies and no one knows what the future holds. This is a good time to establish an estate plan or update an existing one. You want to protect your hard-earned assets and your loved ones. It is a considerate and loving act to have all your “ducks in a row”. If something happens to you, your surviving spouse, children or grandchildren shouldn’t have to guess what you wanted. Nor should they be forced to follow outdated directives because you never found the time to update your will and trust. As they say, no time like the present!
• Trusts
  Your trust. Sometimes called revocable trust or living trust. The trust holds and distributes your hard-earned assets during your lifetime and upon your death – as you have designated. A trustee, generally yourself, manages and distributes the trust assets according to the terms you designate in the trust.
• Power of Attorney
  Are your Healthcare Power of Attorney or General Power of Attorney designated decision-makers still the right people for the job? Has anyone moved out of state or become unavailable for some reason?
• Probate

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  AV®, BV®, AV Preeminent® and BV Distinguished® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. David H. Lefton, Attorney at Law provides qualified and comprehensive legal planning in the areas of Estate Planning, Probate Administration, Litigation, Wills and Trusts, Estate Planning After Divorce, Health Care Documents, Advanced Directives, Wills and Trusts, Revocable Living Trusts, Irrevocable Trusts, Durable Power of Attorney, Estate Tax Planning, Transfer and Gift Taxes, Life Stage Planning, Asset Protection, Exempting Assets, and Asset Transfer. Attorney David Lefton serves clients in the Cincinnati metro area including, but not limited to, the cities of Cincinnati, Mason, Montgomery, Hyde Park, Oakley, and Blue Ash, Ohio.