Nina Whitehurst

Nina Whitehurst

Planning for peace of mind and wealth preservation.
  • Estate Planning, Elder Law, Probate ...
  • Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Tennessee
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Biography

Cumberland Legacy Law* provides the highest quality estate planning for clients in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon and Tennessee. Whether you need a sophisticated strategy for minimizing or avoiding estate taxes and providing maximum possible asset protection, or just a simple will or trust to ensure your assets are distributed in accordance with your wishes, or anything in between, we are here to help you and your loved ones.

We present seminars on a variety of estate planning and elder law topics; call us if you want to be on our seminar mailing list, or subscribe to our newsletter by jotting a quick note to us.

Nina Whitehurst, the owner of Cumberland Legacy Law, is a member of Wealth Counsel, Elder Counsel and the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, all national estate planning attorney organizations. She is continually upgrading and updating her knowledge of estate planning law through seminars and being an active member of several estate planning attorney email list serves. Her husband, Brian Whitehurst, is the firm's marketing coordinator. Nina Lamothe is the firm's documentation paralegal.

*Cumberland Legacy Law is not a public legal aid society.

Practice Areas
    Estate Planning
    Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
    Elder Law
    Probate
    Probate Administration
    Real Estate Law
    Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Mortgages, Residential Real Estate
Fees
  • Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
    No legal advice is provided prior to engagement. You will know when you have engaged an attorney because you will have signed a fee agreement and will have provided a deposit for legal fees.
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Alaska
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Arizona
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California
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Colorado
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Oregon
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Tennessee
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Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
Attorney
Cumberland Legacy Law
Current
Education
Arizona State University
J.D. (1986) | Law
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Arizona State University
B.S. (1983) | Accounting
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Honors: Summa Cum Laude
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Awards
Client Champion SILVER
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Services
AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated
Martindale-Hubbell
Selected: 2017-2021
Professional Associations
ElderCounsel
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National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
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Wealth Counsel
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State Bar of Tennessee  # 037146
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State Bar of Alaska  # 1802010
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State Bar of Oregon  # 172386
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State Bar of Colorado  # 26720
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State Bar of California  # 159873
Member
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State Bar of Arizona  # 011030
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Speaking Engagements
Wills, Trusts and Nursing Home Asset Protection, Various
Websites & Blogs
Website
Nina Whitehurst, Attorney at Law, Professional Website
Blog
Nina Whitehurst, Attorney at Law, Professional Blog
Legal Answers
1421 Questions Answered
Q. What can I do?
A: Probate court files are public records. You can walk into the court and ask to look at the file and make copies. Or you can hire a lawyer to review the file for you and give you advice about things you can do to obtain information.
Q. I live with mom's ex boyfriend. He is going to die from accident. No will and no relatives. Can I keep his home and all?
A: I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but living with him for years does not entitle you to anything. He needs to at least draw up a will leaving everything to you. There are other things he can do as well such as naming you as beneficiary on bank and brokerage accounts and retirement accounts and life insurance, as applicable.
Q. Hi! My sister received a check from UBS made out to *** <her mother's name> TRUST ***
A: Any check can be deposited. You just need an account in the name of the trust. If you do not have such an account, then you will need to open one. In order to open one you will need a taxpayer ID number for the trust. You are probably also going to need an updated certification of trust. My best advice to you is to hire a trust administration attorney to help you with this.
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Contact & Map
Cumberland Legacy Law
330 Ridgeline Dr.
Crossville, TN 38571
Telephone: (931) 250-8585