Buford, GA Revocable Trust Attorney: Protect Your Family and Avoid Probate Court
Maybe something already happened. Maybe nothing has, and you just don't want to leave this to chance. Either way, a free 15 minute call with Shawn Breyer, Client Strategy Director at The Hive Law, will show you exactly where you stand.
Flat fee: $3,500. One price, whether you're single or married.
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Just 15 minutes, by phone, no cost and no obligation.
Prefer to talk right now? Call Us: 770-710-3422What you get: A revocable living trust plus five supporting documents, drafted for your family and actually moved into your name, called funding, not just handed to you in a binder.
What it costs: $3,500 flat, whether you’re single or married. No hourly billing, nothing added later.
How long it takes: About 2 to 3 weeks from your Design Meeting to a signed, funded trust.
The guarantee: If anything we personally place in your trust ends up in probate because of our error, we fix it at no charge.
After the first few years: Adding new accounts is covered by your Guardian Plan membership, included for one to three years, then $497 a year if you keep it.
The first step: A free 15 minute call with Shawn, by phone. Call 770-710-3422 or book below.
Just the Two of Us, Working Directly With You
Melissa drafts it, Shawn walks you through it, and no one else touches your file.
The Hive Law is a husband and wife team. Melissa Breyer is the attorney who designs and drafts every trust. Shawn Breyer, her husband, handles your first call and stays with you through the whole process. There are no associates and no paralegals handling your legal work. There is nobody to be handed off to. The same two people are with you from your first call through the day your trust is funded.
Wherever You Are Right Now, This Page Is for You
Whatever brought you here, you’re not behind and you’re not late.
Something already happened. A parent passed away, a spouse got a difficult diagnosis, or you watched a friend’s family go through probate court, and now you know you don’t want that for the people you love. If someone in your family has already passed, a trust won’t undo probate for their estate, but this call can still help make sure it never happens to yours.
Nothing has happened yet, but you’re worried. You have a home, some savings, maybe a business, and you know that without a plan, none of it is protected the way you think it is. Waiting doesn’t make that cost any smaller. It just leaves your family exposed to it for another year.
You’re planning on behalf of someone else. A parent is getting older, and you’re trying to make sure they have something in place before a crisis forces the family to figure it out under pressure. If that’s you, you’re welcome to book the first call on your own. You don’t need your parent on the line to start. Many adult children use that first call just to understand the options before bringing a parent into the conversation.
One thing worth knowing if you’re planning for a parent: a trust has to be signed while the person is legally able to understand what they’re signing. If a parent’s memory or health is already declining, waiting has real consequences. It’s worth having the conversation sooner rather than later.
What a Trust Actually Does
A will tells a court what you want. A trust means the court never has to be involved at all.
A will is a set of instructions you leave for a judge. It still has to go through probate court, which is why it can still take over a year and cost thousands of dollars, even when everyone in the family agrees on everything. A trust is different. Your home and accounts are moved into the trust’s name while you’re alive, so when you pass away, there’s nothing left for a court to decide. Your successor trustee, the person you named, simply follows your instructions and distributes everything directly. That difference, a judge deciding versus your own instructions being followed, is why one path takes over a year and the other takes weeks.
One Family's Story
A frozen checking account, a $118 insurance payment, and five months nobody knew about.
Wayne and Debbie, married 34 years, Buford
Wayne called us in October. Nothing had happened to him. It happened to his mother.
His father died in March. The house was paid off, so there was no mortgage company handling the insurance. It came out of his father’s checking account automatically, $118 a month, the way it had for years. The bank froze that account the week of the funeral.
The notices went out in his father’s name. Nobody opened them. Nobody noticed until August, when a letter came saying the homeowner’s policy had lapsed. His mother had been living in an uninsured house for five months and had no idea.
Wayne told us, “She could have lost that house over a payment nobody was allowed to make.”
We put their home, three accounts, and Debbie’s rental in Braselton into a trust in about three weeks. Their son Nathan got the call where we walked him through what he’d need to do someday.
Debbie has our number now. If something happens to Wayne, nothing stops. Not the insurance. Not anything.
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Just 15 minutes, by phone, no cost and no obligation.
Prefer to talk right now? Call Us: 770-710-3422What's Inside the Complete Family Trust Package
If you decide to move forward after your free call, here’s what your Complete Family Trust Package includes.
The most common way a trust fails a family isn’t a bad document. It’s an unfunded one. Some firms hand you a trust binder and consider the job done. Your home and accounts are never actually moved into the trust’s name, so when something happens, your family goes through probate anyway, the exact outcome the trust was supposed to prevent, except now they’ve also paid for a trust that didn’t do anything.
Funding means moving your home and accounts into the trust’s name, sometimes called retitling. A trust that isn’t funded doesn’t actually protect anything, which is why the funding work below is included in your price, not sold separately.
Revocable Living Trust
the core document that holds your assets and controls how they're managed and passed down
Quitclaim Deed
moves your primary home into your trust's name so it skips probate court entirely
Pour Over Will
catches any asset you forgot to place in the trust and routes it there automatically when you pass
Financial Power of Attorney
lets the person you choose manage your money if you're ever unable to
Advance Healthcare Directive
puts your medical wishes in writing and names who decides for you if you can't
HIPAA Authorization
gives your family legal access to your medical records the moment they need it
You also get:
Document Walk-Through Call
before you sign anything, we explain every part of your trust in plain language
Trust Funding Session
Melissa works with you directly to retitle your home and accounts into your trust
Funding Checkup
afterward, we confirm everything is correctly aligned with your trust
Successor Trustee Orientation Call
the person you name to manage your trust gets a direct call explaining exactly what to do, so your family never has to guess or piece it together on their own
Professional Coordination Call
we brief your CPA and financial advisor directly so your whole team is working from the same plan
Surviving Spouse Transition Call
your spouse can call us directly if you pass first, and we walk them through every step, so they never have to face the legal side alone during one of the hardest weeks of their life
Post-Signing Checklist
a written, step-by-step list so nothing falls through the cracks
Our Guarantee to You
We call this the Funded Trust Standard: your trust isn’t finished when it’s signed, it’s finished when it’s funded, and we guarantee that step.
Every asset we place in your trust is guaranteed to avoid probate. If anything we placed in your trust goes through probate because of an error we made, we correct it at no charge to you.
This is a correction guarantee, not a refund guarantee. It covers every asset we personally place in your trust, from your Trust Funding Session through your Funding Checkup.
If you open a new bank or investment account later, adding it to your trust is covered under your Guardian Plan membership, which comes included with your package for one to three years, depending on your package tier, and renews at $497 a year after that if you choose to continue it. We’ll confirm your included years during your Design Meeting. Once we retitle a new account for you, it’s covered by this same guarantee.
If you acquire new real estate later, that follows the Additional Property fee listed below instead, since moving property into a trust means recording a new deed, not just a phone call.
Your price: one flat fee, whether you're single or married. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices, and nothing added later for the services above.
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Just 15 minutes, by phone, no cost and no obligation.
Prefer to talk right now? Call Us: 770-710-3422How It Works
Free Call
a 15 minute call with Shawn, by phone, to talk through your situation
Design Meeting
Melissa reviews your assets and family situation and confirms your price and any add-ons that apply to your specific situation
Your Plan
a written plan with her recommendations
Draft, Sign, Fund
your trust gets drafted, signed, and funded without a single office visit. We send documents securely for electronic signature and walk you through each one by phone before you sign anything
Why Families Choose The Hive Law
A licensed Georgia attorney who drafts every plan herself, and over 6 years serving Georgia families.
Every plan is personally designed and drafted by Melissa Breyer, Esq., Georgia State Bar No. 897967. The Hive Law has served Georgia families for over 6 years. We work with families throughout Buford, whether you’re on the Gwinnett County side or the Hall County side, and everything is handled the same way, by phone, no matter which one you’re in.
118 five star Google reviews from Georgia families who’ve been through this process.
“We had an outstanding experience working with Melissa Breyer to create our Living Trust. From start to finish, she was knowledgeable, professional, and incredibly easy to work with. She took the time to clearly explain every step of the process, answered all of our questions with patience, and made what could have been a complicated task feel straightforward and stress free.”
— Scott, Google review
“Melissa was great! She gave me an honest review of my future plans that I already have in place. Turns out, I already had my ducks in a row!!! She was a pleasure to talk with!!”
— Pat Paine, Google review
“Having tried to do this online before with one of the DIY tools, it was just an amazing experience to get to talk through what we wanted with a knowledgeable human and have them take care of the details.”
— Denali Pray, Google review
Everything Really Is Handled By Phone
No office visits, no in-person meetings, and families who've done it say it never felt impersonal.
We know a fully remote process can sound like it might feel impersonal or harder to trust. Families who've gone through it say the opposite.
“We initially had some reservations about their fully virtual approach, but those concerns were quickly put to rest. After the first two calls, it was clear how easy they are to work with and how well connected we felt. Communication has been clear, organized, and reassuring throughout the process.”
— Kyle Haynie, Google review
If Your Situation Needs More
| Service | Flat Fee | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| LLC Formation | $1,250 | Forming a new LLC or moving an existing one into your trust, including updating the operating agreement |
| Additional In-State Property | $550 | Each Georgia property beyond your primary home, transferred into your trust |
| Out-of-State Property | $1,100 | Coordination with a licensed attorney in that state to transfer all properties there into your trust |
| Irrevocable Trust (MAPT) | $6,500 | Short for Medicaid Asset Protection Trust. For specific asset protection goals, including Medicaid planning. Ask about combined pricing if adding this to your trust package. |
Frequently Asked Questions
Based on our own case data, families without a trust spend an average of $13,700 and 15 months in probate for a simple estate, or $27,300 and 25 months for a complex one. A trust is built to avoid that cost and that timeline entirely.
Your spouse can call us directly and use the Surviving Spouse Transition Call. We walk them through every step, in order, in plain language, so they’re never left figuring it out alone.
A trust can’t guarantee siblings won’t disagree, but it removes the two biggest reasons estates end up in conflict: an unclear, unwitnessed decision about who gets what, and a house or account that has to sit untouched for months while a court sorts it out. A trust spells out your wishes and lets your successor trustee act on them right away, instead of leaving your kids to negotiate it themselves during probate.
A trust can handle a blended family situation like this, and it’s one of the most common reasons families come to us. Without a plan, Georgia law decides how your estate splits between your spouse and your children, often producing a result nobody wanted, including your spouse co-owning the house with your kids. A trust lets you say exactly what goes to your spouse, exactly what goes to your children, and when.
After your free call, you can bring your parent onto the Design Meeting with Melissa, either together with you or on their own, whichever they’re more comfortable with. Your parent is the one who signs, since the trust has to reflect their wishes, but you’re welcome to stay involved at every step.
You don’t need to read anything or learn any legal terms first before calling. You explain your situation in your own words, and Shawn explains the options in plain language.
A revocable trust does not shield your assets from nursing home costs or Medicaid spend-down rules by itself, because you still control everything in it. If that’s a concern for your family, say so on your free call, since it may point you toward an irrevocable trust instead of or alongside your revocable trust.
A will still has to go through probate court, even when it clearly says who gets what. A will tells the court your wishes. A trust means the court doesn’t have to be involved at all. Most families who come to us already have a will and add a trust specifically to avoid probate.
Your trust stays valid if you move out of Georgia. Revocable trusts are generally recognized across state lines, so you don’t have to start over. New real estate in another state has to be transferred into your trust separately.
Your Funding Checkup is exactly how you know your trust is actually funded, not just signed. After your Trust Funding Session, we go back through every account and piece of property on your list and confirm each one is correctly retitled.
Your free 15 minute call with Shawn is always free. If you decide to move forward, the Design Meeting with Melissa requires a deposit, and that deposit goes toward your $3,500. It is not an extra charge on top.
A template gives you a document, but it doesn’t help you fund it correctly, doesn’t brief your family on what to do, and doesn’t catch mistakes before they become a problem. Every document in your package is built specifically for your family by an attorney.
Everything is handled by phone, from your first call through signing and funding, so no in-person meeting is required. We send your documents securely for signature and walk you through every page first.
Most families complete the process in 2 to 3 weeks from the Design Meeting to a signed and funded trust.
You can make changes to your trust later. That’s the point of a revocable trust. You can update it as your family or your assets change, as long as you’re alive and able to make that decision.
About three weeks after your Design Meeting, it’s finished. Your home and accounts are titled in your trust’s name, confirmed by your Funding Checkup, not just promised in a document. Your spouse has one number to call if something happens to you. The person you named as successor trustee already knows exactly what to do, because we already walked them through it. Your CPA already has a copy of the plan. There’s no court, no waiting, and nothing left on your list. It’s handled, for good.
Find Out Where You Stand
Get straight answers about your options on a free call.
Your first call is free. It takes about 15 minutes, it’s by phone with Shawn, and there’s no pressure and no obligation. On this call, you’ll find out whether your home would go through probate the way it’s titled today, what a plan would cost for your specific situation, and whether you need a trust at all. Sometimes the honest answer is no, and Shawn will tell you that too.
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Questions to Ask Any Trust Attorney Before You Hire Them
Is the funding, meaning actually retitling my accounts and property, included, or billed separately?
Ours: Included. It's the part most firms skip.
What's the total price, including funding, not just the document?
Ours: One flat fee, single or married.
Who actually drafts the documents: the attorney, or a paralegal?
Ours: Melissa, personally. There are no paralegals here.
What happens if an asset still ends up in probate anyway?
Ours: We fix it at no charge if it was our error.
Who does my spouse call if I pass away first?
Ours: Us, directly. There's a call built into your package for exactly that.
What does it cost to add a new account to the trust five years from now?
Ours: Covered by your Guardian Plan membership, $497 a year after your included years.
Ready to ask us those questions? Call 770-710-3422 or book your free call above.