Firearms / NFA attorney or lawyer for estate assistance?

[Little Dutch]

My father passed recently and I need to fill out some form 5's for the estate.

Explanation of where things stand for clarity:
My mother is alive, so there is no probate. We just need a transfer. She wants to transfer everything to me as the heir, which should be possible with the death certificate, the marriage certificate, and a letter explaining her intention. I'm now wondering if a trust is better and I'd like to talk to someone to ensure I don't mess this up for her. Eventually some things will be sold, but initially we just want to put everything under a new legal owner.

We are in Colorado Springs.

Who do you recommend I contact?

[thebolt]

I highly recommend Grant Van Der Jagt. He specializes in trusts and estate planning and I know many, including my self, who have used his services. He offices in Castle Rock and he is well qualified in anything to do with estate and trusts.

https://www.lawyers.today/united-sta...ifetime-estate

[APEXgunparts]

This is also a good document to read over.
ATF NFA branch helps with this quite often:

https://www.atf.gov/media/25196/download

It is possible that an NFA E-Forms account would be helpful as it can now be used for in-state transfers.

Richard

[Little Dutch]

Thanks folks, I appreciate the information.

[3beansalad]

I worked with:

James T. Cook, Esq.

719-493-0282

130 East Kiowa Street

Suite 512

Colorado Springs, CO 80903

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[Little Dutch]

Thank you 3beansalad.

[Jer]

Sorry for your loss Dutch.

I have a question though on this subject and maybe someone here knows; is the way he's describing this how it works? Does a death like this create an event that allows you to skip what would bet the typical chain of ownership of property because it's on a Form 5? Normally, with property/items owned, the living spouse would be entitled to ownership of items they owned together. I assume this is what the Form 5 would look at first as viable transfer options. Wouldn't the spouse also have to pass (for purposes of this hypothetical, I wish your mother nothing but a long, healthy & happy life for many decades to come of course) to then transfer ownership of NFA items to the living heirs via Form 5?

I'm not sure if I worded that in a way that's understandable outside of my own head but I wasn't aware that you could simply "skip" the living spouse in a situation like such as this and transfer to heirs when a living spouse remains. Is that indeed the case? I fully admit that I don't understand all of the machinations/rules of a Form 5 so maybe this is stated clearly to be more of an "event" type situation that allows for this type of skip or more open selection process in these types of events.

Obviously an attorney who works with these types of things would know best so if you could report back the basic summary of this after you receive legal counsel that would be helpful for others I'm sure.

[Little Dutch]

Jer, I'll let you know how it works out.
I am attempting to make time to talk with an agent at the local branch this week for some basic questions. I'll speak with an estate attorney after.